 The vibrant oranges and yellows in Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun ( <unk> ) suggest the fall season . Novelist Warren Keith Wright visited this painting at the Minneapolis Institute of Art over a 15 @-@ year period , transfixed by the painting , but unsure why . He came to realize that the fascination was that the painting represented two periods of time . The late @-@ afternoon sun lies due west above the mountains . The shadows , though , slant from the left , or the southwest , where they would fall in autumn . Not only is the painting out of sync with time , it is also out of sync with the season . It " predicts its own future , reverts to its own past . " Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun symbolizes the suffering of Jesus is symbolized by a " harsh sun , barren ground , shadows , and the menacing appearance of leaf clusters . " 
