This country scene is not your pastoral type of painting. Drama predominates! We first see the fluffy summer clouds; our eyes then turn to the right, where we witness a group of docile looking cows. They all seem to be staring at the warped red barn, to our left, which is ready to collapse. The theme is in the barn, and it’s spiked contours. Sharp spikes dominate the troubled lower half of the painting, quite a contrast to the soft round peaceful clouds in the clear sky above.