Rain over Moutere.

Ok. Here it is then: the first painting of the changing season. Sigh. Right on the equinox, the weather has turned South.

It was not too bad standing in the subdued afternoon sunlight on the edge of Rough Island, looking over the Waimea Estuary, but the Moutere hills looked a bit battered. Heavy clouds, wind stretched, with passing showers loomed over them, and I had the feeling that it would not be too many hours and the meadow where my easel was set up would be catching it too

Rain due any time now. A lovely bowl of quinces on the table in front of me. I think that tomorrow's subject may well be a plein air still life painted on the porch.



15077. "Rain over Moutere". Oil on panel. 8x10 in. $150.

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Tomorrow's still life?