Steve Fleming

Artist Studio

River’s Edge

This painting is about trying to get a lot of focus on the sky, and to create the glowing evening color.  I wanted to have a nice movement with the light lifted cloud pattern that floats up and around in the dark violet clouds.  The foreground I used a rich dark of ultramarine blue, Permanent Rose and Burnt Sienna, with a hint of light green which is applied with a one in flat brush.

Painting & Poetry
Watercolors

This painting is about trying to get a lot of focus on the sky, and to create the glowing evening color.  I wanted to have a nice movement with the light lifted cloud pattern that floats up and around in the dark violet clouds.  The foreground I used a rich dark of ultramarine blue, Permanent Rose and Burnt Sienna, with a hint of light green which is applied with a one in flat brush.

12×16 watercolor on 300 lb paper

There’s a vapor edge at the horizon

Golden light falls like rain through

Layers of clouds

pressing rosy greys onto the islands

their edges running together like a young girl’s mascara.

Grey ghostlike clouds swirl

up and into the air

like smoke from a straining diesel train

and ride the currents like migrating geese.

pampus grass waves to the evening

fingers reaching up to touch the approaching nightfall

and await to signal

mornings fiery return

5 Comments on “River’s Edge”

    • Thank you Mercedes for continuing to read my blog, I was excited to see your comments again I am glad that you are still enjoying them. I hope your painting is going well and that you are still continuing to paint.

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