Under a Moving Sky

Medium: Acrylic on canvas panel
Size: 11X14 inches
Location: Ennis, Texas
Year: 2024

This original en plein air painting was created on location, capturing a landscape defined more by sky than land. With the horizon held low, the composition opens into a wide expanse of layered clouds shifting across the atmosphere.

Painted outdoors and in real time, the piece reflects the subtle variations of an overcast sky—cool blues, soft grays, and muted light moving across the surface without sharp contrast or shadow. The land remains quiet and minimal, grounding the composition while allowing the sky to carry the weight of the scene.

The brushwork is loose and responsive, preserving the immediacy of observation and the constant movement within the clouds.

This painting focuses on scale and stillness and an expansive moment where the sky becomes the subject.