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You know those hot summer days when it feels as though the afternoon will never cool off, then the sun begins to set and the earth is transformed into a peachy-buttery-candy-colored landscape?  The sunset lingers for hours and it seems that darkness will never come – nor do you want it to.

We had an evening like this yesterday and, having two little girls at my side most of the time, we spend a lot of time talking about the colors in the sky.  This time we were all enamored and madly in love with those clouds and the earth.

“Leave Behind the Shadows” is my interpretation of that moment & those feelings

18×24 inches, oil on canvas (normally $375 now $200 as a part of my one year anniversary thank you celebration!) and is currently available in my shop: www.emilyjeffords.com/originals

This is the first in a week long painting-a-day collection and is a part of my Thank You Art Celebration.
Check back tomorrow for Painting No. 2 and stay in-the-loop with all the excitement with the hashtag #EmilyJeffordsArtCelebration on social media.