Sunrise 13

As I was heading out the door to walk to my usual sunrise painting spot in Higganum CT, I was struck by the feeling of the morning air. With the days and days of rain, the air felt completely saturated... extremely charged and intense. It was still about 15 minutes before the sunrise and the sky was a powerful shade of glowing gray/blue/white. The black trees against the sky created such a beautiful contrast, that I decided to just sit down right there and paint this simple scene. Chestnut tree against wet sky.

The air felt so charged that the space around each tree was electric. I felt like I could see the atoms vibrating around the branches. I sat there as the sky gradually lightened.