River Scene

Summary

A dramatic, romantic landscape painting with steep mountainous regions in the background of the picture, coloured in dark blue and dark grey, suggesting a heavily overcast day. The clouded sky above is punctured by channels of light escaping through the dense cloud, highlighting a single tree in the landscape below, surrounded by brightly lit smoke creating a dramatic atmosphere. A light-brown coloured meandering river flows towards the viewer, frothing and dirty with large boulders and rocks littering the water. Rocky, flat terrain extends either side of the water's edge.