More Outdoor Painting

 Braving 95 degree heat at the American River Confluence I was a glutton for Plein Air torment. Luckily, I could dip my sweaty feet in the river to relieve the blistering heat.  Dead fish soon appeared floating ...But Art is a seductive mistress and I needed to paint the bridge yesterday. I gave it a good hour and a half and I was wishing I was the young man in the middle of the cool slow moving lazy river .. can't you just hear Satchmo croon out that tune?

 This quick effort was no more than 20 minutes as the light was changing and I was just going for effect of light on Lincoln Way where the Gallery is located. I'm looking north up the hill. Somehow I really like this one even if the drawing is pretty bad. I painted this an hour ago and I was painting a street that's very crowded around 10 o' clock but at 7:30 in the morning I am King of the Road.

 I was in total painting heaven. I was positioned about 20 feet from the gallery and I had my music blasting out into the street through my open door. It was sooooo awesome. No buddy complaining about the Family Force 5!