Stack short dense wax-and-oil paint strata with flattened deposits, dry scuffs and broad scraped windows that expose the colours beneath; a matte body with small local translucent variations and no glossy fluid blending. A high Himalayan mountain pass: a narrow trail climbing in switchbacks through bare rock and snow to a saddle between two peaks, a line of coloured prayer flags as plain colour blocks strung across the saddle, a deep valley falling away below.
Light: late-day sun low from the left, scraped windows revealing warm orange and rose underpainting in the sky, the snow in cold lilac and cream strata, the rock walls in deep umber and slate, the flags as small bright blocks of red, yellow, blue, green and white; the switchbacks lead up the tall frame to the saddle. Palette of umber, slate, lilac, rose and flag colours; heavy, matte, handmade.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the main line of the scene rising through the height of the frame. No people, animals, buildings other than the ones named, readable text, signs or logos; prayer flags carry only plain colour blocks, no script.
