Not just deer, but Rocky Mountain Elk herds ... next painting. "Their coats are beautiful; their shapes are beautiful and it seems to take little effort for them to move through the snow drifts ...

The paw prints are the size of a mittened fist ... dragging Serik through the snow. The other elk is subdued in the same manner. After two hours both animals are prostrate, legs splayed, lungs ...

One of the six is the painting you just spent time with, now called “Hunters in the Snow,” a depiction of a harsh winter: The other five scenes continue on a march through the year.