Red Sunset Acrylic Painting Monet strides toward the viewer while

strides toward the viewer while the others trail into the distance beneath a soft orange sky

and it lends equal grace to a study or a dining area where its depth opens up the room

It has the feel of an early summer morning in a garden that has only just woken up

The forest floor below is already deep in russet and copper litter

Red Sunset Acrylic Painting Monet strides toward the viewer whileThe sun has just met the horizon here, a white disc burning through banked cloud and sending a straight column of light down the still water. Above it the sky is churned into ridges of violet, plum and burnt orange, the paint laid on thickly enough to catch the light at an angle. A dark line of hills divides sky from lake, cool blue set against all that heat. Below, crimson and rose ripples spread outwards in broad horizontal sweeps that echo the fire