The special light of the winter season in Switzerland inspires Patrick Piccinelli. The painter is sensitive to the hundreds of shades of gray and blue in the changing skies of this time of year. Sunlight; often close to the horizon during the cold season; transfigures the landscape of snow-covered fields.

This light source is often filtered by clouds and mists; creating minimalist and sublime compositions by erasing certain details of the landscape.

Piccinelli quotes a poem in the form of haiku about this work: "The white poppy of a winter downpour has bloomed" This text was composed by Matsuo Basho; Japanese poet of the 17th century (Edo period).Piccinelli by producing this work demonstrates how important the void is in his way of composing.We find this particular emotion felt in front of the landscape in the print of the Japanese Katsushika Hokusai: Tea house in Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall.