Oil painting on canvas Maurice BERNARD

"forest with stream" by maurice bernard oil on canvas this painting depicts a winter or early spring forest scene. In the foreground, a calm stream winds through a wooded landscape. Trees, stripped of their leaves, dominate the composition with their bare branches intertwining against the sky. The forest floor is dotted with dead leaves and emerging vegetation, suggesting the changing of the seasons. The artist uses a soft, earthy color palette—grays, browns, pale greens, and yellows—to capture the tranquil, misty atmosphere of the scene. Light, filtered through the trees, creates an ethereal effect in the background. Bernard's style oscillates between impressionism and post-impressionism, with visible brushstrokes and a focus on atmosphere and light rather than precise detail. This approach gives the work a quality that is both realistic and evocative, capturing the ephemeral essence of the forest landscape.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.