“Road to the Nature Reserve in Light Snow – A Short Film” [17th February 2024] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist featuring “Elegy for Viola” music composed by PETER CAVALLO and performed by violinist JONI FULLER.

I could see the potential for a suitable musical accompaniment to my short film.

Upon listening to a deeply emotive piece by award winning Australian composer Peter Cavallo entitled “Elegy for Viola” I knew this created a perfect mood to capture my snowy scene.

The abstract footprints provide an unwritten storyline, a mystery. Stop motion, ‘full circle’ film editing harks to an early 1900’s movie directed without voices and played to the sound of classical instruments.

Where did our protagonists walk to? An adoring dog travelling into the expectant distance with its owner.

Your own personal thoughts are everything as you wander into the stirring realm of my short film.

Here is my acrylic artwork produced from a still within the film:

“Road to the Nature Reserve in Light Snow – Painting” is one of my quickly painted works taking less than one hour fifteen minutes from blank mixed media paper without prior study. Forty-six minutes for the first draft then twenty-five minutes for the second/final draft.

Walking silently along this road I knew 100% it would become an artwork upon the composition calling to be made. Technically difficult yet satisfyingly invigorating to make. My first draft is pretty much the tone of the short film itself. Therefore I view my final painted artwork as foreseeing Spring and Summer arriving in due time with a renewed happiness.

Clearing the sadness of emptiness.

Interestingly the nature reserve road takes on an eerie, spooky feeling at night. To me though I always view beautiful shapes with twisting, gnarled trees leading to the lake. The road snaking gently to the south.

Here is an earlier artwork I made from a photograph along the nature reserve road called “Creatures Wood” taken two months after my short film clip:

Again, a magical glimpse of light and hope makes an appearance in “Creatures Wood”.

Let’s take a look at the precise video still for “Road to the Nature Reserve in Light Snow” shall we:

“Road to the Nature Reserve in Light Snow – still photography” is a perfect allusion to pictorial angles, contemplation, perception, spiritual being, direction and personal thoughts.

I would like to thank the extraordinary talent of renowned Australian classical composer PETER CAVALLO for breathing powerful emotional life into “Road to the Nature Reserve in Light Snow – A Short Film”

Unerring credit also to JONI FULLER for her exquisite viola play throughout Peter’s “Elegy for Viola”.

You can purchase Peter Cavallo pieces including the full version of “Elegy for Viola” from his website at Peter Cavallo Music.

A dream musical collaboration as I write would be Peter, Joni and Chloe Chua.

I do hope you have enjoyed a culmination of inspiration.