The Lake at Dusk, Oil Landscape by Judy Batterson

While painting outside on a beautiful day, I turned to look across the lake and could not believe that the sun was going down. I had been in the "zone" where a painter is so enthralled with painting that I became unaware of time. The trees across the lake were darker as they became backlit by the sun. I painted quickly to capture the mood of the clouds with the light peeking from where the land jutted out into the lake. It seems simple, but, oh, it's a challenge to capture light and dark on canvas while the light is changing! 8 x 10" oil on canvas.