A rustic red barn with a weathered gray gambrel roof sits left of center at the edge of a tree line, surrounded by golden autumn foliage. In the foreground, a sunlit meadow of tall golden grass is dotted with small white wildflowers, beneath a soft dusk sky in pale peach and cream.

The late-afternoon glow is warm, diffused and even, with no harsh shadows. Loose, impressionistic oil brushwork, with thick directional impasto and palette-knife texture in the grasses and treetops, melts into soft haze across the sky and distant trees.