Side Garden, Late May, 4pm Light - plein air in the artist's garden

10"x8" oil on Belgian linen mounted on archival board

"Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision - it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so."
- Charles Hawthorne


I timed my day around the light on the side garden today. Wait for it, wait for it....NOW! Gear is set up & ready to go, the light changes so fast in the late afternoon. Luckily, I've watched this spot...staked it out....to find that "time of light" that appealed to me the most. I wanted an interesting light pattern on the stones, as well as the fencing & arbor. I also knew if I waited too long in the season I'd miss the purple stalks on the ajuga that I've edged some of the stone path with. Just as I was quite into get things blocked in....my neighbor's kitty came over to sit on the warm stones....staring off into the plantings. He sat still just long enough for me to decide to include him! It's a charmed space, and another bit of delight around every corner!

*****Saturday, I'll be up in Marlborough, CT at a Plein-air Invitational Event sponsored by Artisan Framing & Gallery, 45 North Main Street. I'll have some of my plein-air work there in the gallery, and the ones painted this weekend will be presented at the opening in June! More info to come! But if you live in CT, take a drive over & have a visit. I'd love to see you!

While it's wet & unframed:

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