Storm Clouds, Ghost Ranch 3

6 x 6 inches, oil on archival masonite, © 2009 Ann Painter
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At Ghost Ranch, the weather can change in minutes. A blue sunny sky can suddenly be filled with dark, ominous clouds that block the sun in some parts of the desert and leave others glowing with intense light. This was the case on the day I painted this image. The clouds move so quickly on days like this that the landscape is continuously transformed. I tried to capture this experience by contrasting the intense red of the hill where the sun broke through the clouds with with the dark sky and cloud covered landscape in the background. This is the third painting in the ongoing series of small paintings about Ghost Ranch that I started on October 1.