Ahuehuete (Montezuma Cypress)

What you see

Two great masses of trees fill the upper half. On the left, the ahuehuete rises like a cloud of yellow-green foliage, taller and brighter than the rest; on the right, the grove turns darker and bluer. A smooth meadow stretches in front, and in the foreground lies a band of shaded shrubs with a long-leaved plant.

It has the feel of a sketch: the sky is an even layer of bluish gray and the grass an almost flat green. The attention goes to the foliage, built from short, thick touches of paint. Seek out the pale strands hanging from the ahuehuete's branches and the tiny white flowers among the shrubs.