This pastel painting captures that wonderful moment when the early morning haze starts to lift, revealing all the glorious shapes and colors of nature. Surprisingly, it's a studio composite of several photographs I took early one spring afternoon. I'm so grateful for all the years of plein air painting I've done to allow me make radical changes to my subject matter to achieve my dreamed-of results.
This pastel painting captures that wonderful moment when the early morning haze starts to lift, revealing all the glorious shapes and colors of nature. Surprisingly, it's a studio composite of several photographs I took early one spring afternoon. I'm so grateful for all the years of plein air painting I've done to allow me make radical changes to my subject matter to achieve my dreamed-of results.