The Other Side of Summer

Most people live for the sunny days of summer and I love a clear, warm sunshiny day as much as the next person.  But, I also love rainy days (particularly summer thunderstorm days) and fog.  I don’t want a whole day of fog but I love a few hours watching the swirling patches of gray descend and dissipate only to reappear, covering the land in a soft gauzy mist while the fog horns sound up and down the bay.  It’s the other side of summer.  This started as a plein air sketch on a clear sunny morning in Newport and then the fog rolled in . . .                            – Eden