Speedwald Village in Autumn, Walter Moras. Oil on canvas, 24 x 39 in, ( 60 x 100 cm). Link is to MutualArt, larger image on GoodFon.
Yes, I know it can initially look a bit, um… picturesque (and yes, I know there are ducks), but I like it. The more I look at the large reproduction of this painting, the more it reminds me of the atmosphere and feeling of bright overcast Autumn days.
Moras has nicely controlled his values, and arranged the atmospheric and linear perspective of the scene like discreet planes to create an inviting sense of depth.
The nicely shadowed left and right foreground elements look a bit similar, but different enough, much like nature itself. They and the dark silhouetted foreground house frame a composition that uses every element to draw us back to the house in the middle ground, and then further back to the house in the distance and the trees beyond.
I found the pull of my eye into the background hard to resist.
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