Alex - my addendum: I wanted to add that I also really enjoy the brushwork because of the lightness of touch and the consistency of it. The figures are so much a part of the landscape because of this consistency to be almost camouflaged, especially the dog. You also have captured the particular timbre of the coldness in the air and the particular speed of the wind too - making it a portrait (or likeness) of the landscape and weather as well as the figures.
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