Bordeaux

A long row of light-colored buildings stretches across the middle ground, punctuated by a single tall Gothic spire rising well above the roofline. A line of dark trees and a scatter of small figures run along the near bank, while a broad expanse of golden-toned ground fills the foreground beneath a pale, clouded sky.

The palette is dominated by warm creams and golds set against a cool blue-grey sky, the spire picked out in delicate strokes of white and pale grey. Paint is applied in short, dabbed touches that keep the architecture soft-edged and luminous, giving the cityscape an expansive, sunlit calm.