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

Alfred Freddy Krupa painted "The winter view from our kitchen window in Domobranska 8, Karlovac" with watercolor, letting the medium’s inherent fluidity guide his hand. It's all about that dance between control and letting go, something I think about a lot when I’m in the studio. What strikes me most is the deceptive simplicity. The washes of color, almost transparent, build up to create depth and texture. Look at how the bare branches are rendered. It's like he’s capturing not just their form, but the very chill of the air around them. See those strokes of blue, how they define the shadows on the snow? It’s as though Krupa is reaching for the essence of a winter's day, not just its appearance. You can sense a connection here to earlier watercolorists like John Singer Sargent, who also used the medium to capture fleeting moments and impressions. But Krupa brings his own sensibility to it, a sense of quiet observation and intimacy. It's a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation, a constant reinterpretation of the world around us.