Painted on a recent visit into the backroads of Waimanalo, an agricultural community near our home, this little oil seems to communicate the qualities I was trying to capture.
The entire area is only slightly above sea level, and hedged in by the magnificent Ko’olau mountains, whose violet-grey tones are constantly in transition, providing a marvelous backdrop to the foreground colors. 
The Backroads-Waimanalo 9 x 12″ oil on panel
Aside from composing paintings, which I consider my continuous and greatest challenge, I take a particular pleasure in trying to capture the effect of light and the color relationships revealed by it. I’m happy to exchange some tidiness in the paint handling if I’ll get the sensation of what I’m experiencing in the bargain. But if I can get both, I’ll take it.
I’m looking forward to getting some more things painted here.
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A beautiful painting, Mark! Your use of color intensity and values – among other good things going on – captured the feeling of a lovely summer morning.
Aloha Linda, and thanks. I’m enjoying the placement of shapes, finding their color and values. It seems to be the open door right now, along with composition. For a drawing-oriented person, it’s been a transition, and I didn’t see it coming. But, the tropics does that I guess. Or am I getting lazy?!