Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Driving home from Portland


We visited our children in Portland last weekend and on our three-hour drive home we experienced torrential rain, sunshine and hail - a typical spring day in Oregon. The farmer's fields were a beautiful spring green where the sun touched them and the new growth on some of the trees was a lovely bright ochre. In the painting, however, it looks more like an autumn than a spring day.

14 comments:

Ann said...

Stunning! wow.

Unknown said...

Oh, it's beautiful...that sky is something special!

Sherry Pierce Thurner said...

Oooooh, this is just so beautiful!

Dana S. Whitney said...

Wonderful! Did you do this in the car? Or did you actually remember the look of the scene?

The Word Illustrated said...

Beautiful! I love it~

Sharon said...

Knitting painter woman, I sketched the scene in the car, but painted it at home.

Margaret McCarthy Hunt said...

YUMMM this is wonderful...the colors the atmosphere!! GREAT job

Tess Kincaid said...

That is lovely. Perfect combination of colors. It's always so much fun to see one of your new works posted! :)

Sandy said...

This is everything I love about watercoloring! Fabulous!

Susan's Scribbles said...

Beautiful!

Lynn said...

This is just lovely! I am a real admirer of your work. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Nina Johansson said...

Wow, I love the flow and the light in this one... beautiful work!

Jennifer Lawson said...

This is just lovely! Fabulous sky.

Anonymous said...

This is a very beautiful painting Sharon..it has everything, atmosphere, colour, great techniques...
Ronell