Watershed Cumulus

This is the view to the east from the front yard of Watershed Farm. It is mid afternoon and fair weather cumuli have developed in the northwesterly flow. These cells are slightly capped by a layer but some cumulus clouds like the main subject and the one in the right background, have erupted through this cap. The clouds are sheared toward the southeast indicating strong northwesterly winds above the cap. Nothing bad was going to happen with these particular cumuli. It was a fair weather day ahead of an upper ridge. This would have been my Mother's 83rd Birthday. She always loved birthdays and the family parties that accompanied them.

My main goal was to have fun with the colours and to try to capture the cloud and its texture without making the hard cumulus appear like a boulder in the sky.

Clouds can be like "ink blots". Everyone sees something different and it can reveal deep personality characteristics. Linda sees a dinosaur humping a rabbit or an elephant - maybe even "Dumbo". Hmmmm...

Oils on raw sienna tinted acrylic foundation on commercial canvas - 16 X 20 (inches)