An original landscape painting of the Crystal Lake in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. Above, the sky is clearing with dramatic rolling clouds, across the land steep wooded banks rise from the lake and the horizon is sihouetted in deep warm shadow

PAINTINGS OF VERMONT

Crystal Lake At Sunset

This painting captures the golden hour on Crystal Lake, nestled in Vermont’s scenic Northeast Kingdom. The day had been hot and dry, but overcast with thunderstorms rumbling around the valleys. By evening, the heavy skies began to clear, turning into dramatic rolling clouds. The setting sun cast its final warm light across the lake’s calm surface, and steep, wooded banks stood silhouetted against the horizon.

Artistic detail of the dramtic rolling clouds clearing after a thunderstorm
Artistic detail of windmills across the horizon silhouetted against the evening sky
Artistic detail of the lakes steep wooded banks
Artistic detail of gentle ripples on the surface of the lake water

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