October in Western North Carolina has a specific kind of fire to it — not loud, not sudden, but slow and inevitable. The birch trees go gray-white against it. The underbrush burns orange and gold underneath, like something smoldering just out of sight.

That tension is what I was painting here. Stillness on the surface, heat underneath. The hake brush keeps the edges soft so nothing quite resolves, the way the actual forest never quite resolves when you're standing inside it.

Original watercolor painting of autumn birch trees and fall foliage, Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.

— 16x20 inches, original watercolor on paper — One of a kind, hand-signed by Amalia Yosefa — Unframed, ready to mat and frame — Carefully packaged and insured for shipping