The Band, side two

After a long day at the Menokin Music Festival (and after one rain shower ended the festival and a second kept us cool as we cleaned up) this sky appeared and made me forget how wet my socks were. I love the mix of the violet sky with the glowing oranges and pinks reflecting the setting sun.

I listened to the second side of the Band's second album. I think I bought this record at a used record store in Chapel Hill. While Big Pink is considered by many to be a classic, I like this one just as well.

Time Fades Away, side two

As the music festival at Menokin wound down, a couple of storms passed through. It was an inconvenience at first, but, after the rain stopped, I was glad to have a sky worth painting. This is a view from the visitor center looking toward the ruins.

I listened to the second side of Neil Young's Time Fades Away, a raunchy, live recording. Side two is only about 18 minutes long, so this study was quick and turned out a bit raunchy too.

Bridge Over Troubled Water, side two

I've incorporated all my favorite elements: water, shoreline, marsh, cedars, farmland, treeline, and a muted, gray sky.

This painting was accompanied by Bridge Over Troubled Water, side two. I used to listen to my father's cassette of Simon and Garfunkle's Greatest Hits when I drove around in his Chevrolet Impala in high school, but I never heard "The Only Living Boy in New York" until about a year ago when I started listening to this album.