From now through solstice the early winter light is uplifting capturing it is momentary due to cloud cover in the day. It’s been humid and the days unfold into light rain, the tides are influenced by a wider sky,
Herodotus described the Nile tides as being fixed alongside the solstice seasonal shift, marked by it’s ebb and flow, an influence on building with regard to the position of the sun.
Painting days are timed for before the seasonal holiday rush, where holiday traffic builds in the town and again just before January when the traffic is quiet, the peaceful atmosphere of the land is at it’s best.
gwydir forest ref; painter unknown
