stillwet

An old stag-headed oak with a sawn stump and an old wound stands alone on a low rise of snow under a pale overcast sky, seen from low down so the horizon crosses its lower trunk.

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Round 13 · Claude Opus 5.5 · written as one program · 32 minutes · full size (2400 px)

The snow along the tops of the level limbs is the most "winter" thing in it. The low horizon crossing the bole puts us on the ground, looking up. Friedrich's oaks are wilder: limbs that go out, turn back, break off.the painter, in its notes