Four tall fir trees stand side by side in a snowy clearing, each loosely strung with tiny lights that glow amber against the dark. Behind them, layers of deeper conifers and a few slender bare-trunked pines fade into a smoky charcoal-green forest, and fine snowfall speckles the night sky.

Painted in watercolor and gouache with delicate ink linework, the scene has the grain and soft pigment mottling of a vintage storybook plate. Muted spruce green, misty sage and snow cream are warmed only by the candlelit glow settling on the drifts, giving the whole forest a hushed, nostalgic calm.