Mid Century Wintry Oil Landscape

Wonderful oil on canvas board, dated 65, signed and titled verso, capturing a quintessential northern winter scene, rendered in a bold palette and stylized forms. A team of horses stands at the center, harnessed to a heavy sled stacked with freshly cut logs, while two lumbermen—one in a checkered jacket—work atop the load. Tall, slender birch trees frame the foreground, their trunks rising like vertical stripes against a backdrop of deep forest green. The snow on the ground is patterned with expressive, almost graphic strokes of pale ochre and white, giving the landscape a rhythmic, carved quality. Warm sunset hues wash across the sky, softening the starkness of winter and lending the entire composition a nostalgic glow. Charming!

18 1/2” x 22”