This one caught me from out of no where, to be honest. I was in search of image for background inspiration for something else altogether - and ran into something that absolutely had to be painted as a standalone.
@AbsoluteZangoose: I take classes (nearly) every Wednesday with a very good instructor, and I kind of found myself "specializing" in landscapes ever since I started the whole oil-painting thing, so I've had the time to sort figure out the brush strokes I need.
I still feel like have a lot to learn (and I also need to figure out how to transfer these skills to digital media at some point) but I absolutely love this particular medium - It's almost meditative to me, honestly. ^^