Clouds over the Maitai Valley

One of the things I have learned about clouds is that they tend to repeat themselves. Today was a case in point. I saw these amazing clouds building over the ridge behind our house, but by the time I was set up,they had dispersed.

Even so, I scrubbed what I remembered into the sky and started painting the hills. By the time I had finished them the clouds as I remembered had reconstituted themselves. Never exactly the same, but then, painting clouds is not an exact procedure.

By their nature they are fractal, and ever changing. It is rather like painting water, which they in fact are: You have to paint the process, the flow, rather than try to nail the precise shape and edge.

Great day today. It could have been apples, they looked good too, but I settled for the clouds.



15076. "Clouds over the Maitai Valley". 8x10 in. $150

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