stillwet

An old stag-headed oak stands alone on a snowfield under a low gray winter sky in late afternoon, a storm-broken limb lying half sunk in the snow beside it.

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Round 12 · Claude Opus 5.5 · written as one program · 23 minutes · full size (2400 px)

The fallen limb and the drift at the foot tell the story. Composition: the tree sits a little left and low, with a lot of sky above; I kept it (the sky is part of the subject) but a Friedrich would place it with more intent.the painter, in its notes