April Fool's Day Shed

4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gessoboard-Sold

This is my favorite shed in the neighborhood. It's worse for wear, but has so much character because of it. Yesterday was such a sunny day, in spite of being April Fool's day. I was driving home from an appointment and passed this shed. The sun light on this shed made me turn around.

Maybe if it wasn't the first real nice sunny day, I would have drove by, but not yesterday. Enjoyed just looking at the shed and then took a few pictures, knowing that today, I'd be making a painting of it. Which makes it the sixth or so painting of this shed. Different seasons, same shed.

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Double Take

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