Sunset, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 09:26PM
BVD in Albemarle County, Bastille, Bastille Day, Blue Ridge, Stony Point, Sunset Paintings

Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on paper, 16 x 20.

Dedicated to the vainqueurs of the Bastille. I think we in the States tend to minimize Bastille Day (my birthday!) because we always hear that the prison wasn’t necessarily that important, the storming of the place wasn’t such a big deal, etc. – so I was surprised to learn that 98 of the liberators were killed that day.

Tonight’s sunset was followed by one of the strangest twilights I think I’ve ever seen. If I feel I can remember the composition and the colors well enough, I may add it tomorrow.

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