“AN ANCIENT QUIET” by Steve Puttrich

Plein Air painted late autumn on the Appalachian Trail—where the gray sky glows and the forest floor burns with rust and gold.
Bare trunks rise like cathedral columns, holding up the weight of silence.
The absence of color in the canopy gives strength to what lies beneath.
In this stillness, even time seems to pause and take a breath. -Steve Puttrich