September 20th & 21st, 2014
Cox Reservation, Essex MA
Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in
(sold)

This was a “late light” painting day, and I was facing west watching ornamental grasses blowing as the clouds and sun sporadically light up and cast shadows over the land. When the light shone through the leaves and grasses, their colors gleamed like gemstones on the tarnished silver of the dying reeds. I enjoyed the day’s work on Saturday but did not consider the painting finished. On Sunday, I returned to the painting having left the scene and rather than plumb the depths of my memory for all the details of the land, I followed the play of colors that had evolved on my canvas. It’s no longer exactly accurate, but I like the way parts of it turned out.