In this watercolor, Albert King portrays a well-worn dirt path that leads you directly from the foreground into the center of the painting where the tree line meets the stream bank. Again, there is no actual human presence, but the road alludes to some degree of civilization. The wide stream running through the right side of the painting is calm and reflective of the sky and clouds above it; being so placid aids in the overall sense of peace and repose. In the forest, there are many types of trees blooming with flowers that give the painting more diverse array of colors—occasional pinks and reds among the dominant tones of green and blue. Yet, they are all light and airy, much like one would expect in springtime. The quick impressionistic brushstrokes used by King also give the voluminous clouds in the sky movement, although it appears to be slow and lazy rather than quick and harsh—April perhaps more than March.
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