Winter

An elderly woman in a red headscarf and quilted white coat stands in the doorway of a weathered wooden house, one hand on the latch of a pale green door. Snow covers the roof and ground and keeps falling, dusting the fence, woodpile and a small brown dog seated beside her. Another timber house is visible through the snow to the right.

The scene is built in muted greys, browns and whites, with the woman's red scarf and floral skirt as the only strong color accents. Snowflakes dot the whole surface, softening the hard edges of wood and metal. Naturalistic brushwork renders the weathered boards and packed snow with careful detail, giving the quiet winter scene a lived-in, homely warmth.