Dawn Foreboding
©2007-2023 Susan Thiele
Location: Colorado, Ruby Range in The Raggeds
Image Size: 7" x 19"
Frame Size: 12" x 24"
Contemplating a sunrise painting at 5:30AM, I was treated to an amazing light show. At first, there were just a few purple clouds to the southeast, then a small show of red as the clouds quickly grew in size and formation. Finally a prolonged yellowing of successive bands of yellow, that developed an iridescent quality, almost like a flash of light in the dome of sky overhead. I sat down and sketched the foreground, but before I could comtemplate painting, the entire sky was solid overcast grey. I held onto my memory of the sky as I took shelter from a 10-hour rainstorm!