[annie laurie]

Try this one, then :)

Not winter, not in the city, and not depressing (at least not to me).

"Cape Cod Morning":

[AnAmericanMother]

Glad he got out of town occasionally. The lady still looks pretty darned grim-faced. Hopper to me is inextricably linked with, if not depression, at least melancholy.

I might quibble, and say that's NOT spring light. The trees are spring green, but the grass is high-grown and brown. And early morning light is softer. Hopper uses that hard-edged, cold light in (almost) all his pictures, but here's one that disproves the general rule:

That seems to me to be a more realistic grasp of light. As I said before, I think his usual lighting is symbolic or at least intended to set a mood.