late afternoon sun out in the countryside

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There will be a lot more days like this in the next few months!

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WIP Sunrise, Santa Fe Oil on Panel 36" x 48"

A little further along on this painting. It's more coherent as a place now, but still quite crude...

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TBT After the aspens go off earlier in October, the cottonwoods follow later on. This is 8 years ago, overlooking the Chama River from the famous painter's overlook.

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The mornings now are more dark and overcast these days. After a little while everything will be crazy green.

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Sometimes the scale of the rainclouds reminds me of how small we are in our little world down here.

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The beginning of the day here. This is as we were coming down into Maçussa after our morning walk.

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Today the Autumn rains arrived, but here is a sunrise right before that sea change.

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sunrise through trees

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TBT This is an acrylic painting (I had just begin to wean myself off of watercolors at this stage)from a hike 14 years ago in the mountains above Point Reyes, California.

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