Blair often set his historical farming scenes in a specific season of the year. In Windham, Connecticut, 1815 Blair depicted a typical small New England town with its houses clustered around a simple, white clapboard church. Fascinated with the color white, the artist painted many such winter scenes. After he had been painting a few years, Blair realized that colors could be effectively rendered not only as pure hues but also in tonal gradations, which increased the apparent depth of a scene. Despite the overall soft focus, the black roofs dramatically contrast with the delicate white and gray of the snow and the houses stand out as bright geometric spots of color.