Maison de ferme de la région de Baie-St-Paul is a woodcut enhanced with gouache, a technique Clarence Gagnon used to bring added warmth and delicacy to his printed imagery. Protected by museum glass, the work shows a crisp and luminous winter scene typical of Gagnon’s pieces.

A steep-roofed farmhouse sits to the right, its vivid red gable glowing against the pale snow. Beside it, a leafless tree—drawn in bold, calligraphic black lines—rises against a sky filled with Gagnon’s textured blue-violet carving. The sky’s patterned blocks and streaked vertical marks give the sense of drifting winter light. Soft rolling snowbanks, touched with subtle gouache highlights, lead the eye across the foreground, broken only by small dark rocks and brush.

Despite its intimate scale, the composition feels expansive and serene, capturing the quiet elegance of a rural Baie-St-Paul landscape in winter—rendered with Gagnon’s characteristic blend of stylisation, clarity, and delicate colour.