I painted my first version of this scene in June, 2022, and it was one of my first attempts at painting Au Plein Air (out doors), and to my chagrin, it was not a happy process. Just as I was getting into the middle stages of this painting, a couple heavy gusts of wind whipped through our painting site, knocking my easel over, and of course, my painting dive-bombed face down onto the sand and river stones. I didn’t have much time to gather my supplies, my ruined painting and the broken easel before a Colorado thunder cloud burst over us pouring buckets of water on us as we ran for shelter. I’m so grateful I had taken lots of photos. I finished this painting in my studio about six months later.
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