Reflections on summer

At the end of October it becomes more uninviting to paint outdoors, the chill makes the oil paint stiff and our fingers freeze.  The sun had moved much farther south but our intrepid little group of painters wanted to explore English Boom preserve on Camano Island. The temperature was in the high 30's so we dressed as seemed reasonable, but by the end of our 2 hours we were all quite frigid. I painted down near the end of the tree line as seen on this painting but was not very happy with my efforts. Then, as I was taking photos of our area and one of our artists was pondering his efforts,  I thought what a great composition. The yellows and golds working together with the blues seemed a perfect painting.