Must Spring End So Soon?

This relatively large plein air work was the last one of my 2022 spring series produced on location in a Topanga Canyon. This spot and view are accessed by hiking through the mountains only. I completed this work over three consecutive days. In this painting, I captured not only the early stages of the end of the day when the evening sun casts a warm glow onto the meadows, mountains, and clouds, but the beginning of the end of spring when the wild oats are turning golden, the greenery is starting to fade, and the wildflowers put in their last best effort to bloom.