Train Over Northwood

What a gorgeous morning it was today! I did this plein air in my neighborhood area in Royal Oak, Michigan. I love the train bridges surrounded by foliage and have painted them a few times in the past. Many neighbors taking walks with their dogs stopped by to see what I was doing and we had some wonderful conversations. But because of these chats, this painting took almost 4 hour — more than an hour than it should have! I enjoyed every minute. It also took a bit longer because right when I thought it was finished, a train passed on the tracks of the bridge. I scraped the paint off in that area on my painting and quickly painted in an impression of the train. Plain air paintings sometimes take unexpected turns.

This was painted on an archival panel and ships unframed.