Geese

Geese is a subject that is very much a part of my year. Both in the spring and in the fall we get large flocks of geese flying over our house. The sound of the geese in spring is a very joyful and celebratory greeting but in the fall it becomes a rather melancholy farewell. This particular scene can be seen from our front veranda. This was a study on painting clouds. I had actually thrown these cloud painting attempts away but then decided to see what would happen if I painted a scene with the clouds...