Snow by Wilkie Kilgour is an expressive depiction of a winter scene, where the raw beauty of a chilly landscape is rendered with a palpable sense of immediacy. The painting features a cluster of slender birch trees in the foreground, their bare branches reaching upwards, standing in stark contrast to the heavy, leaden sky above. The muted palette of whites, browns, and grays captures the overcast day, with touches of amber and green hinting at the life slumbering beneath the snow.

Kilgour's brushstrokes are bold and impastoed, giving the scene a textured, almost tactile quality. The earth appears hard and frozen, the brushwork reflecting the roughness of the terrain and the brittleness of the winter air. Despite the coldness implied by the title and the snow-covered ground, there is a warmth in the painting, a sense of resilience in the face of the season's harshness.

This piece conveys a solitary moment in nature, inviting contemplation of the silent and still aspects of the winter months. It is a landscape that speaks to the solitude and the stark beauty found in the colder seasons, where life slows down and the world seems to hold its breath.