Sunset, Hamilton Ontario Canada

You might have guessed that this sunset painting was done somewhere exotic like Spain or southern France, but you would be wrong, it was done in Hamilton Ontario. Of course to a Spaniard or Frenchman maybe Hamilton would be considered exotic, who knows one has probably never visited. At any rate this was a great scene I found right at the end of my painting day in Hamilton... has it ever looked any better?

When the sun is behind your scene, it is 'backlit' ... when objects are backlit they are typically in a silhouette. To paint an object in silhouette start with the lightest colour and work up to the darks. For example, in the trees in the middle of this painting I started with the bright yellow shape and when that dried a bit I put on the medium dark greens, then on top of that some darker (and colder) greens. Finally I put a few darker highlights on top. This multi layer technique is tough on a good day, but especially tough when the sun is going down!

5x7" cold press 1996??