winter dusk

I started my day very late today, and by the time I had finished the piece on my easel, it was almost sunset. This tree grows in the backyard of my next door neighbor, and the sun sets just behind it in the winter. I have always loved it, especially at sunset when the color seeps through the spaces in the branches. It was another cold, colorless day here in Nashville, but the dusk brought out all the brilliance that the day lacked.