A snow-covered village market street slopes away into the cool blue hush of dusk. In the foreground a couple walks arm in arm, loosely painted without distinct facial detail, while other pedestrians stroll further down the lane past a half-timbered building with a red-trimmed gable and a striped awning, lit from within.

The street sweeps the eye toward a large lit Christmas tree and a church clock tower, both softened by haze. Warm window and lantern light glows against cool blue-grey snow shadow, and snow-laden pines strung with fairy lights frame the scene on either side.

The oil painting is built from loose palette-knife and brush strokes, with soft impasto in the sky and snow, in a palette of dusty peach, sage grey, amber gold and brick red.