When I endeavored to paint this original on location, I did not anticipate working in 95 degree heat. Needless to say, the summer's sun hitting down on me and glaring off of the wet paints made creating this painting one of the more enduring pieces I've done to date.

Complain, I shall not, as the great masters Winslow Homer and Claude Monet were known for dragging their easels into the most brutal of elements, as the only way to truly depict nature on canvas was to observe it in person.

Painting was made sitting on the Washington Street bridge looking west. Lookout Mountain is in the background.