Tag: Winter

  • Merrill Coffin’s Winter Sentinels: Nature’s Quiet Story

    Merrill Coffin’s Winter Sentinels: Nature’s Quiet Story

    In Winter Sentinels, Merrill Coffin captures a quiet moment of vigilance and survival in a snow-covered woodland. Two game birds stand side by side in the foreground, their bodies angled slightly forward, alert yet calm. Their warm brown plumage contrasts beautifully with the cool whites and grays of the winter…

  • Across the Sugar Stream

    Across the Sugar Stream

    This winter woodland scene by Merrill Coffin captures a quiet, meaningful moment rooted in tradition, family, and the rhythms of rural life. Set beneath a canopy of bare trees dusted with snow, the painting depicts a man dressed in a hunter’s orange coat collecting sap, accompanied by a child who…

  • Cardinals at Rest

    Cardinals at Rest

    In Cardinals at Rest, Merrill Coffin captures a serene winter moment where color, light, and life coexist in quiet balance. Two brilliant male cardinals and a female cardinal perch gracefully among the branches of a birch tree, their scarlet and tawny feathers glowing against the pale bark. A fourth male…

  • Winter Companions

    Winter Companions

    Created in his later years, Merrill Coffin’s Winter Companions reveals the artist’s enduring gift for capturing both the beauty and quiet resilience of the natural world. In this painting, two pheasants stand together in the left foreground, their bodies angled toward the right as though poised to step forward. A…

  • February Winter Tap

    February Winter Tap

    In this captivating scene by Merrill Coffin, a brooding winter sky sets the mood over snow-covered fields. To the left, maple trees adorned with sap buckets hint at the promise of spring, while four pheasants find shelter in the undergrowth below. A gentle stream winds through the landscape, with a…

  • Bison in Winter

    Bison in Winter

    In this captivating painting, a snowy field is covered with a blanket of snow under the soft, diffused light of a grey winter day. Majestic pine trees stand tall in the background, their branches gracefully laden with snow. A sense of tranquility pervades the scene as bison graze peacefully, their…

  • Pheasants Foraging

    Pheasants Foraging

    In Merrill Coffin’s, “Pheasant Foraging,” from December 2004 the viewer is transported into a serene snowy landscape adorned with the delicate beauty of a pheasant’s foraging in winter. The foreground features the elegant stride of a pheasant, its vibrant plumage contrasting with the pristine white canvas of the snowy field…

  • Winter’s Flight

    Winter’s Flight

    Merril Coffin’s ‘Winter’s Flight’’ captures the serene beauty of a rural winter landscape in Western New York. In the left foreground, birch trees stand tall and leafless, their delicate branches reaching towards the crisp winter sky. A sturdy barbed wire fence runs the length of the painting, a silent witness…

  • Flying South

    Flying South

    Merrill Coffin’s “Flying South” from 1986 is a poignant winter piece that beautifully encapsulates the essence of migration and the changing seasons. The foreground showcases a vast cornfield, its once-tall stalks now harvested, peeking through a blanket of snow in four neat rows. The remnants of the cornstalks provide a…

  • Cardinals on the Fence

    Cardinals on the Fence

    Merrill Coffin’s “Cardinals on the Fence” is a captivating wildlife painting that beautifully captures the serene yet dramatic atmosphere of a winter day. In this stunning composition, the snowy landscape sets the stage, creating a tranquil backdrop for the vivid red plumage of five cardinals. A prominent feature is the…