As I stand in the winter forest I look around me and notice the way the light from the setting sun pokes through all the openings between the branches of the trees. Ahead of me, a large tree has fallen across the river, providing a way across. And beyond the sound of the rushing water, the forest is quiet, peaceful … almost magical. Here, I've tried to capture those feelings as best I could. Oil paint was applied in thick, side-by-side strokes with no blending, in what I consider a modern Impressionist style.