I happened to see this red fox standing watchful for a few moments before he crossed an open area. The landscape was actually covered with snow so I could not see all the details of the forest which I usually enjoy painting. During the winter, the colors are not bright. I imagined it without its white blanket and used the red fox and young pine trees as living notes in the winter forest of stones, dead trees and plants and the fallen pine which will disintegrate over the years and provide food for the young trees. - CB