Another view from the CD Mitchell farm with no barns in sight, but rather the expanse of pasture in the morning light (I just made a rhyme). Clay County provides the plein air painter with a lot of practice mixing greens, which to me is one of the most difficult of colors with which to work. In this piece, the greens range from a misty blue green to a yellow green. Monet is quoted as saying he didn't paint just landscape but the air between him and the landscape. The greater the distance between the viewer and landscape, the bluer and lighter are the greens. For that reason, the Talladega Mountain Range or any distant trees appears blue in the distance. Beyond the blue, the far, far trees become lavender. "The purple mountains majesty" of the song "America" is a reference to this phenomena. The two trees flanking this view (although unquestionably there) are too much alike. If I were using this as a painting, I would remove one or create some difference between them for the sake of composition.
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