Long silvery bands of calm water stretch across the middle of this view, broken only by a few pale stones near the shore. On the opposite bank, rocky slopes scattered with pines climb toward a quiet line of mountains under gently moving cloud. Restrained and spacious, it carries the hush of a lakeside afternoon when even the wind has settled.
Over a bed or above a bedroom dresser, its quiet water makes a soothing last view of the day, and it suits a calm office too. Among the nine paintings of one summer valley in the Mountain Valley in Summer collection, it sits most comfortably beside Meadow Beneath the Ridge and The Twin Pines.