Topstone Road

pastel

16″x20″

Topstone Road is a narrow, dirt road I walk along sometimes when the light is low in the sky, diffusing through the leaves, as well as dappling the ground. This painting shows that time of day in early fall when some of the leaves are already down collecting on the side of the street, while others have not yet changed. This was painted with an intentionally stylized approach, which emphasizes the settled peace and secure calm that the coming of dusk brings.