Riesengebirge Landscape with Rising Fog

What you see

A dark slope cuts diagonally across the foreground. On it stand two thin, dead trees: one on the left and another, more prominent, at lower right. Behind, the mountains settle into layers that grow lighter all the way to the highest summit, at the back on the left. Between them, mist fills the valleys.

The palette is gentle: browns in the foreground, pinks, mauves and ochres in the mountains, and a cream sky turning blue at upper left. Each layer is paler than the one before, which creates the sense of distance. Spot the tiny fir trees poking through the mist in the central valley.