I saw a cloud one morning so pale it barely touched the sky, so I wanted to capture that same lightness in this painting. Created in 2024 in memory of our family cat Ginger.

Oil on canvas, 24 × 36 inches, 2024

A draft
Adding titanium white on wet raw umber gives brown, and on dried raw umber a bluish grey, so the whole painting process was a delicate play of cold and warmth using only two paints.
