#262 Peaceful

Peaceful
oil on linen prepped with traditional gesso
15.3x15.3 cm / 6 x6 in. 

The slow days of late  August at Christina Lake.  Most of the tourists and summer residents have departed getting back to jobs, kids to school.  The lake is quieter but the days are still full of heat, the lake is warm and we swim every day well into the autumn.    My reference photo was taken late in the afternoon and clouds were building and shading the lake but highlighting the sky.  I spend a lot of summer time at the lake but have never been brave enough to go out on my own plein air painting except close to home.   Perhaps this next summer?