Winter colours

The colours of autumn took us quite by surprise - the variation, richness and vibrancy combined with the ever changing nature of the season were awesome and filled each day with an appreciation of the wonder of the natural world. Winter has left me equally moved, the soft light and more muted colours, the overwhelming feeling of stillness and repose, of regeneration and rest. The colours, while soft and muted are incredibly striking, always harmonious.

In the distance grey cloud forever, below the grey - white ridges stark against dark timbered slopes, ridges and valleys deep in snow, white and pure above and alongside timbered slopes bluish in the afternoon light. In the mid distance the brown of dry grass and fern on the lower hills - dark green pines, greys, browns and black of the leafless lichen covered trees, bright white snow on the track, deep footprints casting shadows in the slanting winter sunlight, reddish, russet brown leaves on the ground and light brown grass on the near slope.

The colours are slightly muted and within a limited range of blues, dark green, brown, black and grey - all complimentary and cohesive - calmed by the soft light, powerful and and dangerous, blanketed with winter, stillness and cold.