Maitland.

I thought that it would be a nice change to do a night sky in my "The Big Sky" series (the next one might be too) without making it look particularly threatening or ominous, my usual default! In fact I kind of wanted more of a comforting image of a lone house in a peaceful valley at night with ghostly clouds scudding across the sky but all the lights are on as though it was a haven of family life within a deserted landscape.
I had a great drive last year through Pennsylvania on the way to IX from the Washington DC area when I noticed the style of wooden houses in the area which I really liked and when it came to choosing a location for this picture I remembered all this and decided that one of these houses in the Pennsylvania landscape would be ideal. Maitland is the nearest town to this location.
The whole painting is based on a blue/orange complementary with the Rule of Thirds used as usual in the composition.
Oil on linen 20" x 16".
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting including the colours I used in previous posts on this blog.