Late Afternoon Light #2

$200.00

An ochre meadow breathes under an autumn sky, its tall grass bowing and parting like a slow, golden tide. Each stalk catches the afternoon light, edges rimmed in warm honey, casting long, delicate shadows that tremble with the same breath that sets the meadow alive. Where the grass thins, rusty trees stand in loose congregation—limbs lacquered in copper and clay, leaves like torn pieces of tempered brass. Sunlight pours through their branches in amber sheets, dappling the ground in pinpricks of molten gold.

The air is sharp with the quiet that follows summer’s bustle: a soft, honest hush broken only by a rustle, the distant hum of late insects, the small, dry crack of fallen leaves. As the meadow slopes, ochre tones deepen, bleeding into deeper sienna and burnt umber. Here, the field opens up, and the light intensifies—no longer sifted through leaves, it strikes the land full and unblinking. The sun lays itself over the earth like lacquer, every blade and pebble catching and returning brilliance until the world seems to glow from within.

Colors sharpen in that sunlit field: ochres flaring to golds, rusts to scarlet undertones, the sky a thin, cool counterpoint that makes the warmth feel richer. Shadows grow short and honest; heat shimmers above the ground in slow, wavering lines. The scene holds a concentrated brightness, the kind that insists on clarity—on seeing the small, luminous details: the curled edge of a leaf, the tiny seedhead trembling at the tip of a stalk, the way a distant tree trunk burns like a torch against the fading blue.

This is an afternoon of bright endings and fierce beauty, where autumn’s approach is not whispered but declared. The meadow, the rusty trees, the brilliant field—they keep the sun’s intensity like a memory pressed to the skin, vivid and unforgettable.

5 3/4” x 10 1/8”

An ochre meadow breathes under an autumn sky, its tall grass bowing and parting like a slow, golden tide. Each stalk catches the afternoon light, edges rimmed in warm honey, casting long, delicate shadows that tremble with the same breath that sets the meadow alive. Where the grass thins, rusty trees stand in loose congregation—limbs lacquered in copper and clay, leaves like torn pieces of tempered brass. Sunlight pours through their branches in amber sheets, dappling the ground in pinpricks of molten gold.

The air is sharp with the quiet that follows summer’s bustle: a soft, honest hush broken only by a rustle, the distant hum of late insects, the small, dry crack of fallen leaves. As the meadow slopes, ochre tones deepen, bleeding into deeper sienna and burnt umber. Here, the field opens up, and the light intensifies—no longer sifted through leaves, it strikes the land full and unblinking. The sun lays itself over the earth like lacquer, every blade and pebble catching and returning brilliance until the world seems to glow from within.

Colors sharpen in that sunlit field: ochres flaring to golds, rusts to scarlet undertones, the sky a thin, cool counterpoint that makes the warmth feel richer. Shadows grow short and honest; heat shimmers above the ground in slow, wavering lines. The scene holds a concentrated brightness, the kind that insists on clarity—on seeing the small, luminous details: the curled edge of a leaf, the tiny seedhead trembling at the tip of a stalk, the way a distant tree trunk burns like a torch against the fading blue.

This is an afternoon of bright endings and fierce beauty, where autumn’s approach is not whispered but declared. The meadow, the rusty trees, the brilliant field—they keep the sun’s intensity like a memory pressed to the skin, vivid and unforgettable.

5 3/4” x 10 1/8”