Tormenta De Primavera Impressionist Oil Painting

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We were driving one spring evening; me in the passenger side. A storm was receding over the West Hills, and … Read more We were driving one spring evening; me in the passenger side. A storm was receding over the West Hills, and I hurried and pulled out my phone camera to capture what I saw.

The clouds were dramatic. Light was finding its way through them, spilling across a field flooded with snowmelt until the whole landscape seemed to glow from above and below at the same time.

I tried painting it soon afterward, but it wasn't right.

The sky never became as beautiful as the one I carried in my memory. After enough attempts, I set the painting aside.

As months rolled on, I was unable to shake it from my mind.

Nearly a year after my first attempt, I pulled it out again. As I worked on the structure of the clouds, the light finally came with it. Sometimes paintings in my bone pile never work out. The idea fades and loses its luster. This one taught me that if the idea stays and gets stronger, it’s worth trying again. See less