"Morning Comes"

5x7, Oil on museum board

I spent a lot of the Spring thinking about painting and not really painting. I did some work on my paint box, adapting it to hold panels, and prepared panels and canvases that became an embarrassment as they sat there unused. Finally one morning I threw my gear in the car and headed out at sunrise swearing I would stop at the first turn-out along the river and paint whatever I saw. I got lucky and was home by 7:30 with this little painting.