Friday, September 14, 2012
Linne Thomas Art: Monsoon Season
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Monsoon Season
Monsoon
Season -
We
have been having a spectacular “monsoon” season this summer. We always want rain in Arizona and no
matter how much we get, we always want more and we can always use more. The old saying in the Southwest is
“Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting.” I was working in the gallery (Arts Prescott Cooperative
Gallery in Prescott, AZ) one morning when we got a big downpour, a gulley washer. Our upstairs neighbor ducked inside to
get out of the rain and shouted out, “Glorious weather!” Only in Arizona would
you hear that joyful pronouncement in response to a cloud-bursting, street
flooding thunderstorm.
Along
with the rain, we also have great cloud shows and this year they have been
particularly spectacular all times of day. The sunrises produce golden morning light; we get big
beautiful white cotton-candy clouds in the daytime and coral-colored, dazzling
sunsets. I have taken to pulling over to the side of roads and snapping photos.
I routinely carry a camera with me
when I take the dogs on their morning walks. It’s wonderful to watch the clouds swelling up and take over
the sky. They tower above the thirsty landscape like skyscrapers, which I guess
they are. I have always thought
that watercolor is the best medium to use to capture the fabulous clouds we
have out here in the Southwest. It
captures the wonderful colors and softness of the shapes. This summer of 2012-cloud show continues
to amaze and delight everyday. I
have done many paintings of our monsoon clouds over the years in watercolor,
oil paint and pastels and love the challenge as well as being surrounded by
these great seasonal Vaporous Beings.
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