Original artwork description:

Auvergne landscape, France.

What struck me, up there, was neither the cold nor the silence. It was the light. A winter light, at once raw and softened by the evening, that transformed the summit into a grandiose scene.

The sun's low, grazing light made its way beneath the clouds, igniting them with pink and peach hues. This unexpected caress immediately settled upon the icy mantle. The snow was no longer white, but an earthly mirror—a sensitive surface upon which the sky painted its own chromatic variations, echoing its warmth.

And in the midst of this immensity, the rocks and fir trees acted as counterpoints. With their solid presence, these silent witnesses caught the last ochre glints of the sun on their flanks, even as they plunged their base into the deep cold of the approaching night. Their dark green and ochre, the only truly earthly colors, anchored this grand choreography of light to the very real skin of the mountain.

The white finish on the sides of the canvas allows it to be hung without a frame, should you wish.

Materials used:

This painting is painted with professional grade oil colors on a primed canvas. I prepare myself my canvases to create a texture specific to my painting needs and to insure them maximum longevity.

Tags:

#landscape #snow #mountain #painting #winter #large #france #impressionism #cloud #snowscape #pine #auvergne #baudequin