Spring in Apennines

A gnarled fruit tree covered in white and pale pink blossom dominates the foreground of a hillside orchard, its branches spreading over rows of bare staked vines. Beyond, terraced green fields climb toward soft violet-grey mountains under a pale sky, with a second blossoming tree visible at the left edge.

Thick, textured strokes of white, pink and green build up the blossoms and foliage in heavy impasto, while the distant hills are laid in with flatter, softer color. The saturated greens against the delicate blossom create a fresh, buoyant sense of early spring, rendered with an energetic, tactile touch.