Tornado coming through Northumberland? the weight of the clouds are almost crushing the horizon line. I like the way the strong outline of the cloud on the left is almost touching ground and the contrast between the dark bluish purple tone and the brighter sky and field below. This is a summers day that is full of weather and a painters dream, as long as you are not going plein air. This composition has everything and yet it is a fairly mundane subject, ‘ road through the countryside’, this is what happens when you really stop and look at the landscape, it is actually packed with life and extraordinary sights. I like the way this painting is going. I do have another composition in mind for my next painting, again involving a road, that I have been thinking about for a long time.
Road through the countryside. Day 3