The Park at Flat Rock, Autumn

This extremely popular park is a place I have often walked, enjoying its well designed trails, pond and plantings. One windy afternoon's late canting sun really stopped me in my tracks, just long enough to make a notebook scribble and take a couple of shots for reference. This painting felt particularly successful to me because it came together quickly, with a light hand, having been painted on top of another extremely unsuccessful work I had labored over for a long time. My connection to this place must have guided me to paint more freely and I was delighted to be able to rise above the earlier disappointing piece.