Spring has returned to the lower slopes near Winter Park, Colorado, bringing greens, ochres, and hints of warmer color back into the landscape, while winter remains firmly settled among the highest peaks. Snow traces the folds and gullies of the mountains, catching the light and emphasizing their rugged forms against a pale, quiet sky.
The painting is built around that meeting of seasons. Dark evergreens anchor the foreground before giving way to open, sunlit slopes and finally the cooler blues and violets of the distant mountains. Loose marks and simplified shapes allow the landscape to move gradually from the intimacy of the trees to the scale and openness of the high country.
