© D. Yael Bernhard Springtime is my favorite time of year for landscape painting. I love the pale apricot and sallow green, the emerging ochre and blushing pink. For the three weeks of peak spring color here in the Catskills, I feel like I'm driving through an Impressionist painting. The texture of the trees, made of flower buds and baby leaves, is finer than usual, lending a pointillist quality to the mountains. The gentle blend of hues is both pleasing and comforting to the eye.