The Geissler family had spent a holiday in the Nethy Bridge area and had been to this forested area, north of Carrbridge. On returning a year later, it came as a ‘physical shock’ to find that almost all of the trees had been torn down during a storm. This inspired a series of moving interpretations by Geissler where the trees become images of suffering. Dominating the picture is a monumental clump of trees, surrounded by windblown remains. The artist’s use of dark and subdued colour conjures up tones of visionary foreboding and gloom. This painting was exhibited in 1946 by the Royal Scottish Academy as well as the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.