I see people leaving, possibly because they don't feel welcome.

I see people arriving

I originally thought that too, but it seems to me that the direction they are leaning and the way the knees bend, they're moving off towards the right mostly.

Someone's worn out their welcome.

That the door handle it on the right and more foot traffic on that side.

Agree with Pugga.

Come in from the cold?

tj

I see an aerial shot of a crowd of people forming what is supposed to be a doormat around the word 'welcome' on a snowy background. No idea what any hidden meaning might be.

Rusty

I’m enjoying the speculation so far. I actually like yours better than the artists.

I will post the answer later in the day

I don't even think that's a welcome mat... it's photoshopped art... and I think it has to do with many people feeling welcomed somewhere.... (across an international border?)

Looks like an overhead photo of snowy landscape with lots of evergreen trees to me.... Beauty of and in Nature.

The welcome is "melting away" from the right. 😎

It's people!

It's a concrete doorstep and teeny tiny people are coming and going. You can see the wood frame at the upper edges. Light source is on the right - approx. 5 o'clock-ish, so shadows fall to the left, approx. 10 o'clock-ish.

People come and people go, but they are always - welcome ??

I was the same as Satine, seeing only a welcome mat covered with snow. I couldn't imagine how anyone was seeing people! Then, once I saw them...well, there they were.

The artist’s explanation:

^^^ Interesting!

Rusty

My personal take was that I sometimes like art just for the sake of seeing it without any special meaning. The artist explanation makes me think he's feeling sorry for himself.

It’s one of those make a statement pieces!

Imagine you are one of those people who got stepped on repeatedly.

But I wonder if a group of people that I think has been stepped over by society consider themselves "tiny" people who have been stepped over. The use of the word "tiny" to describe people is somewhat derogatory.

Blfenton. I don’t see it that way. They are purposefully painted small so that you initially don’t realize what they are.

I don’t think the artist meant the people are themselves tiny, in other words unimportant .

And, the description is not by the artist.

I interpret ”stepped over” very differently than how I see using a wecome mat - something to deliberately stand ON, and also wipe your feet on. You don’t step over a welcome mat.

People leaving.