#2213 "Pink Lines Sunset Singleton"

Who said the 13th was unlucky? I got two nice sunsets out of that supposedly unlucky Tuesday evening on November the thirteenth. The cold front went through as we sat and enjoyed the sunset. The southwesterly winds snapped around to the northwest with a gust of fresh Arctic air. It was a classic cold front. Streets of pink turbulent stratocumulus soon followed. Hang back shades of fibrous grey cloud persisted just as far as the mid level deformation zone. It was going to clear and get much colder overnight.

I used a lot of paint on this canvas. It was fun plus the oils were getting old and needed to be used. I visited the same sunset from just five minute later in #2205 "November 13 Sunset" from 5:45 pm on Tuesday November 13th, 2018 in the wake of that cold front.

John Constable was one of the greatest painters of the English weather. The sky and clouds were essential components of all his landscape paintings. For most of 1821 and 1822 John essentially only painted the weather in his efforts to get it right. John never lived to realize the success of his efforts. His art influenced and was influenced by the early cloud classification systems.

At times like this it's good to trust the skies. John Constable said there was a lifetime in them. While they are plastic and moldable, they can be loaded with anticipation, fear and anxiety. And everything below a horizon line is infected with their moods.

I observe and record a lot of weather. The atmospheric patterns tell the story behind the weather. I am an eternal student to everything in the atmosphere. Luckily the weather comes to me so I do not have to waste time chasing it down in order to find a painting. Monet may have had his garden and the water lilies but I have the sky. How lucky can I be!

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