Morning Shadow

I started a new landscape piece yesterday. This is a hay field  along Teanaway Dr. near Cle Elum, WA. I didn't paint this scene on site but took a photo I liked. Especially the distinctive shaped trees and morning shadow cast on the hay field. In a distance 4-5 horses were grazing. The wheeled irrigation line was dividing the field as if it was protecting the horses. Shadows cast on the field created contrast in crisp morning in Nov. 18"x28".