12x12 oil on canvas plein air
This was stimulating to paint. The light on the bushes was beyond bright. Looking for relationships is a necessary practice when painting impressionistically. After a while it becomes second nature and the scene itself becomes a unit of observation rather than a conglomeration of elements. You see everything at once. The light itself is visible as an object at this point and form dissolves. The Impressionists codified the visible effects of light to a large degree