Overshot Mill, North Wales
David Cox captures the rugged beauty of the Welsh countryside with loose, sweeping brushstrokes that almost make you feel the wind rustling through the trees. In this scene, a rustic stone mill with its large water wheel sits quietly against a backdrop of rolling hills and a moody, overcast sky. A woman balancing a basket on her head walks along a path, grounding the wild landscape in everyday human life. Cox was a master of watercolor and is often considered a forerunner to Impressionism because of his focus on light and atmosphere, painting en plein air long before the French movement took off.
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