In the foreground of this painting are five red spruce trees. It's a peaceful winter day and the snow shimmers gold with the rays of the morning sun. The shadow of one young tree is a massive snowflake, structured from limbs of a red spruce naked of needles yet just about to bud new growth. A rare Bicknell's thrush is perched on the snowflake toward the light to see what the future holds for our precious forest. The large red spruce in the foreground has no shadow to symbolize that we can heal past damage caused by pollution. We now look forward to a new relationship with nature.

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