According to the author, when you look at this painting keenly, …………. .

Andrew Wyeth is an American realist artist. His picture of
a Pennsylvania boy riding his new bicycle, entitled Young
America', is painted with a high degree of precision and
attention to detail. Its first impression is one of freedom,
for the boy cycles with ease over the flat landscape.
However, the land and the sky are both without event,
and while this means that there is nothing to detract from
the rider, it also suggests that he is passing through an
empty world. The boy is looking out of the picture and
away from the viewer; whatever he is gazing at can be
guessed but not seen. The colours of the picture are soft,
and the largest area is a neutral grey. The chief
impression is one of melancholy.