"Crackling Everywhere!" miniature palette knife oil painting

Another vivid sky in my lightning series, this one is happening at sunset.  Just imagine the static electricity, the voltage as the sky is being torn apart by such forces!  I usually place these skies just along the silhouette of the mountains, as that is what I see out my front door.  Yes, I am most spoiled living along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado!  Love it!

"Crackling Everywhere", 4"x6" unframed palette knife oil painting miniature on linen panel, $48 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

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"Zapping Through the Nighttime Sky", palette knife oil painting

 Living in Colorado is a meteorological adventure, a weather puzzle.  As you must know, we have had "biblical", monumental flooding recently, plus wildfires not only this year but last year.  In 1997, a friend of ours had to swim for her life, along with her young son.  It simply is never dull around here!  

Earlier in the spring, we seemed to be having a lot of thunderstorms, complete with incredible lightning, of course.  I started mulling this over -- what if I try to paint the sky when it's uproarious, zipping with electricity, zapping toward the earth.  This is the first in a series of fun:  lightning storms painted with palette knife and oil.  They are a creative and artistic effort to convey emotion, not a literal one, my imagination was involved here, not necessarily realism.  I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoyed painting them!  What a blast!  

"Zapping Through the Nighttime Sky", 6"x6" unframed palette knife oil painting on gesso board, $72 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

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