Moonset Over Camel's Hump by Thomas Waters

Thomas Waters

Moonset Over Camel's Hump

Oil

10 x 16 in

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You will notice I like to use Camel's hump in the background of many paintings. It has an iconic shape and stands out well against the lower hills surrounding it. For this painting, I wanted to capture that early morning fog and mist that often settles around the base of the mountains and in the hollws and valleys. A lot of people forget that when there is a full moon, not only does it rise right around early evening, it sets right around dawn in the West. So what better than a moonset, over Camel's Hump, with the mist and early morning light illuminating the coming day? It's that time of day where the sun has not quite risen over the horizon but the light has infused the sky and lit the landscape with soft light.