A Snowy Pine is a study in the way light edits a forest. Richard Wieth lets warm gold pass through the needles and land on trunks, carving shapes out of shadow without losing the softness of air. Brushwork is varied and intentional: short, stippled touches for foliage, longer strokes to carry vertical trunks, and quiet glazes that read as distance.
 
The composition balances solidity and movement so the grove feels rooted yet breathing. Color temperature drives the mood. Greens lean toward olive in shade and toward sap in sun; browns lift into orange along the lit sides of trunks; sky notes push cool into gaps so the canopy never closes. It’s a reassuring, steady piece—ideal for rooms that want natural calm with a live edge.
 
From across the room, the painting reads as warm order; up close, the surface yields small pleasures—a thick highlight here, a broken branch line there.