A Place Out of the Sun

11" x 14", acrylic on canvas panel, © 2023
Collection of the Artist

Returning home from central Utah, it was a hot summer's day, and to the side of the road was a respite from the heat—a hollow of sorts when the lowering sun was obscured and the blaze of the sun could still be seen.
    It was fun to paint as I recently and applied a new technique for me—using a palette knife. I had purchased a new one in a recent workshop and had used it in another painting. In this painting, like the other painting, the foliage of the trees were the issue. The knife had proved itself than and could it do it now. It did and the trees came to life in the afternoon sun.