Late Warmth

Painted on November 11, 2004. I remember this day...we had set up in a somewhat suburban location, on a cloudy afternoon. The light was pretty flat and I had a terrible time trying to paint a stream. I had given up and was ready to start packing my supplies, when the clouds broke and the late afternoon sun suddenly came out, flooding the house across the street with light. I had to try to paint that light, and had to do so quickly.

I scrubbed in the background trees very quickly, along with the foreground, then spent some time drawing the house and applying thick paint...the photo does not really do justice, this one looks better in real life.