Valley Aglow, oil painting by MJ Costello
Landscapes

Valley Aglow

Oil on canvas

This is the view up into a valley when the sun crests the ridge and pours orange over the top edge. The rest of it stays cool and misty down in the cleft, so the light up top feels almost like it is breaking through on purpose. I built the far cliff up thick with the knife and left the valley floor soft, all haze and shadow.

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