The winter view from our kitchen window in Domobranska 8, Karlovac 1995

Alfred Freddy Krupa painted this winter scene with watercolor, looking out from a kitchen window in Karlovac. The painting seems to have come into being layer by layer with shifting washes, as if guided by intuition. I can imagine Freddy at the window, brush in hand, trying to capture the light as it hits the snow, and the stark geometry of those chimneys. There's a gentle touch, you know? He’s not just recording what’s there but finding a kind of quiet beauty in the everyday. Look at the way the light filters through the bare branches, casting these cool shadows on the snow. It's like a dance of light and shadow, and Freddy’s right there, orchestrating it with his brush. It reminds me of other painters like Fairfield Porter, finding beauty in the domestic. There’s a conversation happening here, a sharing of ways of seeing. Painting, after all, is an ongoing dialogue, where each artist adds their voice, inspired by those who came before. It’s not about fixed meanings, but opening up possibilities.