Apple for sister

Behind a weathered wooden fence, a girl in a fur-trimmed orange coat sits astride a white horse, looking back over her shoulder. In the foreground a younger boy in a similar coat stands beside a frost-covered shed, biting into a red apple. Snow covers the ground and distant pines, with golden shrubs along the horizon under an overcast sky.

Cool greys, whites and pale blues dominate the snow and sky, set against warm ochre and rust tones in the coats, apple and weathered wood. Light is flat and diffused, as on an overcast winter day, with careful, detailed rendering of fur, wood grain and frost. The mood is quiet and still, a wintry moment of rural life.