Sunset, Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20.

On an alien planet with a double sunset, one of the suns fell orange on a purple-magenta horizon and soon another showed up, blazing rose against the orange sky left over from the first. A bit confusing for a painter from Earth. The atmosphere seemed quite breathable, the vegetation familiar. I recognized everybody in the house. Just don’t know how we got here.