A small whitewashed stone cottage with two chimneys and a few warm, glowing windows sits low on the left of a V-shaped glen, a thin curl of smoke rising from its roof. A tall, wind-bent birch with rust-coloured leaves rises at the left edge, and a narrow stream winds from the distant valley past rocks, small autumn shrubs and a dirt path in the lower right.

Mist and low cloud drift across the mountain flanks beneath a broad, moody sky, with warm golden light on the grassy slopes and cloud edges. Thick palette-knife impasto in the sky and hillsides, visible linen grain and a restrained, earthy palette give the scene a hand-painted, rustic and nostalgic calm.