September 18 - A Friday Morning: I am not a morning lover... In fact, I could skip mornings... every morning! But, I have tried to paint en plein air in the afternoons when the shadows are short and the sun high in the sky... "Surely it won't make too much of a difference ... besides, I will be more rested later - I don't think God is even up at 5:30 am!", I try to convince myself. Friday morning I roll out of bed, pack the jeep, pick up a "morning kind of artist friend" who inspires me to greet the dawn (a Love-Hate thing going on here), and we we are off to paint. With the intensity of the desert morning sun now shifting to softer light, the crisp in the air just days away, I discover something. Yes, indeed, God is awake at 5:30 am. Not only awake, but His glory stirs in my heart and I paint... And it does make a difference. "September Morning" was painted in oil from a private ranch at the base of the Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, on Septenber 18th, 2009.

Posted by JeffreyAllen_Lov on Mon 21 Sep 2009 12:06:18 pm

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AliveChurch.com_Pas on Mon 21 Sep 2009 7:11:48 pm Says:       

I like the light and shadows on this a lot. Looks like you need to become a morning person. :)

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Steve_Lac on Mon 21 Sep 2009 9:49:05 pm Says:       

Very nice. Remember getting up around 4:30 am for a MyFlock trip a few years back? You were just fine then (or at least you seemed just fine).

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Robin on Wed 7 Oct 2009 6:56:18 pm Says:       

Perfect picture - my fav of all I've seen of your work!! Love it!!