A tranquil river winds into the distance toward a low horizon, its still water carrying loose, broken reflections of the sky and shoreline. Dense autumn trees line both banks, with tall slender trees rising on the right to anchor the foreground, while a lower treeline softens into haze in the distance.

A low sun just below the horizon spreads soft, warm dusk light across layered pink and lavender clouds that fill the upper half of the frame, with no harsh highlights or hard shadows. Thicker, impasto-like strokes build the clouds, while softer blended strokes shape the water and distant trees.