A pull-off on the high road between Taos and Santa Fe seemed the perfect spot to set up my easel and paint the Rio Grande Gorge one hot June afternoon. When the lovely clouds churned up a thunderstorm, I painted faster and faster. Thunder. Lightning. Rain. The wind gusted so high, I folded my plein air easel and held it in my lap, then sat on the ground. (One hand painting, the other, hanging onto the easel.) With lightning flashing closer, Jim coaxed me back to the truck. The title seemed obvious to me-- a river below, a rainstorm above, and color all around me. This was among the first of my "serious" plein air landscapes.
- from the original pastel
- hand-repainted 18" x 12" art image
- a one-of-a-kind artwork on heavy fine art paper
- signed on the art, after painting out the original signature ~ this one is just for YOU
- matted in soft white to outer dimensions oof 24" x 18" (fits a readymade frame, frame not included)
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