Response

When I first viewed the painting, I immediately envisioned it as a representation of autumn, though this may have been affected by the painting's title. Still, the colors used would be right at home in an autumn forest. With this setting in mind, I saw the angular, brown patterns as tree trunks and bare branches in the background. The more energetic white patterns, especially the more concentrated splashes, seemed to express motion, like deer or rabbits with white fur patches. Finally, I noticed some bird-like shapes in the black patterns, representing crows flying around everything else in the scene.