An evocative French pastoral landscape, depicting a shepherd guiding his flock along a country track beneath magnificent autumn trees. The richly worked foliage, earthy colours and atmospheric sky capture the quiet beauty and seasonal rhythm of rural France.
 
The autumnal colours are particularly pleasing and the use of impasto is confident and well executed. The artist has painted the sheep and shepherd in a more impressionistic style to keep the focus on the countryside scenery. There is a nod to the Barbizon school which suggests a date of the early 20th century for this painting.
 
This is an original oil on canvas, it is signed indistinctly in the bottom right corner.  with pleasing signs of age and an expressive tactile surface.
 
The canvas measures 16" (41cm) by 12" (31cm)