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I like how you've handled the rain clouds, but I'm not sure of the yellowish middle area; is it part of the sky or part of the land? It lacks the depth that would make it read as land or the gradation that would make it part of the sky.
Sorry, I don't mean to be harsh, it's just that the center area is so intense, it dominates the whole piece when it should be the sky that is the focal point.
Pretty piece. I can sense different ideas to it, and one is more positive another a little more negative. The positive interpretation looks upon the lower end of the painting, which just looks like an ordinary sky, yet it also highlights the blindness of the world that they don't notice the storm up there. In books, the storm would be the shadow protagonist and the bottom sky the protagonist. It's almost like a story, the sky never notices the storm's "struggles" (more like chaos in this scenario) throughout almost the entire book. A more negative interpretation would be looking at it from top to bottom. The storm is at the top so it's head is "up in the air." Because it's so up in the air, it never notices (it's a scenario, not a definitive view) the brightness below. This relates to ego and how people hold up their own heads too high sometimes as well and don't bother to look outside their comfort zones.
The way the light moves through this piece, it really does feel like rain, that soft, blurred quality where everything gets a little dreamier. There's something so peaceful about it.
Rain. Perfect title for this one, Susan. Sometimes a single word says everything.
Love this. You've really captured the rain curtain perfectly. I also love the contrast between the dark stormy sky and the light happy fields that are about to get hit with that rain!