Iris Into Evening - sold

6"x8" oil on Belgian linen mounted on board (Raymar)

"None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for a life time."
- Gail Godwin


Wow, so much going on this week. Still playing catch-up from being out of town for so long. Tuesday I did have a nice visit with another artist friend, Jan Blencowe. We went to New Haven to visit the Yale Center for British Art.....straight up to the 4th floor where the Turners & Constables are hanging. I particularly love seeing series of studies...Constable's cloud studies are ones that I could look at over & over....mesmerizing.

Wednesday, I did get to paint, just ran out of time to post it to my blog. I'm still thinking about those warm days of summer, when the light casts long shadows late in the day, illuminating things the way it never can at mid-day.....there's a glow, an extra warmth in the light, the ordinary looks so much more ....beautiful at 'that golden hour'. Then before you know it, the sun finishes setting and the final part of the day is over. But the painting remains.