Autumn is a mesmerizing season! Just when you think that nature cannot be more enchanting, it stuns you with all those wonderfully unbelievable colors and contrasts. I collect many reference pictures during my hikes and as an ode to the joys and pleasures that fall brings and to the beauty of nature during that special season, I created this painting, displaying the gorgeous contrast between yellowed leaves against a still green, sun-kissed background, reaching out to a clear sky through a collection of twirling pine trees.