#2708 "Back-Lit Sunrise Autumn Maple"

#2708 "Back-Lit Sunrise Autumn Maple"
7x5 inches oils

The October sun was just bursting over the forest canopy. The luxuriant maple just to the south of the Singleton Studio was brilliantly bathed in light and the colours of autumn. 

Visible Satellite Image Showing the Overcast 
Clouds on the Singleton doorstep

I could see the overcast skies to the west so this was a bit of a race. Sunlight can be fleeting and I do not paint at the speed of light - fast but not that fast. 

I wanted to slap in the simple, brilliant colours with the sun charging through the young sugar maple tree. No details. Just colours and shapes. It was a small panel and I did not fuss with the brushwork trying to keep the colours clean. 

• Load the brush;
• drop the colours in the right spot;
• leave it;
• Repeat. 

It was a beautiful sunny day outside but I could not afford the minutes required to move my easel outside. I put the small panel on an easel that was already facing the window from my efforts the previous day. This was the view from outside the Studio window looking toward the southeast. 

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Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick