Christmas Moonlit Rooftops and Chimneys for the Mantel - Canvas Wall Art

Ellis Whitmore painted this town from above, where the snow-covered rooftops crowd together and every brick chimney sends up a thin ribbon of smoke. A pale moon hangs in a lavender-gray sky, and a few attic windows glow warm gold under the eaves. It's a quiet christmas mantel art piece that feels like the hour after everyone has gone home for the night.

The paint is laid on thick with a palette knife, so the snow on each roof catches the light in ridges of cream and ice blue. The house walls are built from small blocks of slate blue, ochre and rust, almost like patchwork. Up close you see the knife marks. From across the room it reads as a calm, cold winter evening with warmth tucked inside.

This is for anyone who likes a christmas scene painting without the usual red and green crowd. It suits people who want contemporary christmas art that still feels cozy, and it works as winter wall art well past the holidays, since there are no ornaments or trees tying it to one week in December.

Hang this canvas wall art above the fireplace, in an entry, or over a reading chair where the glowing windows can echo your own lamps. In a bigger size it makes strong large christmas wall art for a living room, and it pairs easily with other holiday wall art or simple greenery on the mantel.