Northern Southland. First Snow

Paper size: 56.5 cm x 37.5 cm 
Saunders Waterford - rough 
425 g/m2 
100% cotton / acid free 

This was painted near Riversdale (Southland). It was midday when I finally set up to paint this scene and the snow was already beginning to recede due to the warmth of the ground. 

What attracted me to this particular scene was the warm colours of the late Autumn still dominating the foreground.