Lately, I have been wanting to do sunset paintings. I came across this picture and recognized that what was unique was that the reflection on the water was from the clouds, not directly from the sun! This intrigued me, so I went with it, wanting to both study and also experience the gorgeous colors that were in front of me. This is a painting of the east coast with palm trees at sunset, not my usual subject, but on the days that I was painting it in the studio with the temperatures of 1 degree with ice and cold, it surely felt good to be thinking about this lovely scene!