Afternoon Winter Snow Shadows

This view screamed to be painted so I returned to do so. The shadows danced on the snow in the warm sunlight. I live at 9,000 ft in the southern Rocky Mountains and surrounded by Wilderness Area and inspiration is in every direction. I used masking to save the sun lite holes in the trees and wet on wet to flow the mountain (some sprinkled salt here) and snow shadows. There is a bit of gouache to bring up the highlights. I hope this painting shows the love of where I live, Creede, Colorado