Midnight Snowfall

Merlyna Lim
Midnight Snowfall â€” 2025
Acrylic on canvas, 24″ × 36″ (61 cm x 91 cm)
MusicArt series

Music pairing:
Nocturne in C minor
Composed by Merlyna Lim, 2024

Beneath a bluish night sky, shadows of trees stretch across a snow-blanketed ground, while snow drifts gently from above. The music traces this scene in rhythm and motion: step-like pulses evoke falling flakes or quiet footsteps, giving way in the middle to a smooth, uninterrupted flow, before slowing again to a deliberate, contemplative close.

Together, painting and music conjure a winter nocturne — a landscape of shadow and light, stillness and movement, silence and subtle motion. The scene is both hushed and alive, a quiet journey through snow and night.