October Storm - Oil on Board

Because it is October, there is still gold in the sky when the sun breaks through, and grandeur on the seas where the light falls. Here in this picture the viewer stands in a storm on a steep slope rising from one of the many inlets that pierce the region. I wanted to evoke the eager sound of water flowing fast over rocks as a brook races down the hill, and the sound of the wind whirling through the trees, plucking leaves, shaking the gorse, and beating down the heather as it blows the clouds into shipwreck on the hilltops.

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