A Late Summer Path

9" x 12" Oil on Panel

It's early September. Fall is less than three weeks away, but daytime temperatures are still in the 90's (F). High in the mountains maples are beginning to turn their autumn red color. Meanwhile, down here in the valley, it still feels very much like summer. 

The painting shown above was painted west of Springville, near where Hobble Creek empties into the lake. Tall grass lines the pathway, and yellow flowers seem to reflect the color of the summer sun. Willow trees and cottonwoods wear their darkest summer green. Grasshoppers hopped about in abundance. Barn swallows flitted and darted through the air in preparation for, I imagine, their yearly migration south. It was a great day to go for an afternoon walk down a country road!