Three haystacks sit in the green grass at the left, their rounded shapes catching the soft morning light. The stacks are spaced evenly across the foreground, their golden surfaces touched by hints of pink and violet. Behind the haystacks, dense trees rise up in layers, their foliage rendered in loose, textured brushstrokes.

The tallest trees cluster toward the right, where their leaves create a screen of greens and shadowy blues. A single figure stands near the lower right, partly shaded by a young tree, suggesting the activity of haymaking. The sky above is pale and luminous, with wisps of cloud drifting through a cool expanse of blue and white.

Sunlight filters through the scene, casting dappled shadows across the field and picking out pink and yellow tones in the meadow. Short, varied brushstrokes describe both the soft texture of the hay and the dense, fluttering leaves overhead. The composition balances the open space of the field at left with the dense verticals of the trees at right, guiding the eye across the landscape.

A narrow strip of pale earth or path runs horizontally behind the haystacks, separating the field from the dense trees. In the lower right corner, the grass is flecked with small patches of pink and purple, suggesting wildflowers. The upper left corner of the painting is dominated by open sky, with broad, swirling strokes of white and blue.

The edges of the field are bordered by a tangle of shrubs and undergrowth, painted with quick, broken lines. Light falls unevenly across the grass, creating bright highlights in the foreground and deeper shadows beneath the trees. The paint is applied in rapid, visible dabs and short strokes, especially in the foliage, giving the leaves a sense of movement. Haystacks, Morning, Éragny was created by Camille Pissarro in 1899.

The painting belongs to the landscape genre and depicts morning light in Éragny, with haystacks and a figure at work among trees. The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists the subject as haymaking, with the presence of a man, haystacks, and trees in a rural setting.