Snow leopard prowling along a misty alpine riverbank

A masterpiece oil painting in painterly realism with rich impasto textures and visible expressive brushstrokes, dramatic cinematic lighting, dynamic shadows and warm golden-hour highlights. Subject: a snow leopard prowling along a snowy riverbank in a misty alpine valley, rendered with tactile, highly detailed fur, thick impasto strokes and textured snow, careful rendering of rocks, ice and winter flora, warm highlights contrasting cool tones, minimal neutral background, raw unpolished aesthetic, intimate atmospheric ArtStation-quality scene.