Forest and Native House

What you see

The picture splits into two halves. On the left, a tall, slender palm stands against a pink sky, with a valley stretching back to distant mountains. On the right grows a dense forest, and beneath the trees sits a thatched house raised on posts. Along the dirt road pass several people on foot and a rider on a white horse.

The light shifts from the soft orange of the horizon to the deep green of the woods, where leaves are built up with small, careful touches. The white clouds catch fire along their edges. Notice the large fruits hanging from the trunk of the central tree and the tiny figure walking in the distance, to the right of the house.