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Ray Patrick
High Desert Cloudy Day, 2026
Oil on canvas
7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
Framed
From the artist's studio, 2026
$600 + $25 shipping in the US
Ray Patrick
Oil on canvas
7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
Framed
From the artist's studio, 2026
$600 + $25 shipping in the US
Cumulus crossing a desert valley on an overcast afternoon, with a long blue range behind and dark scrub flats in front.
Divided roughly in thirds — sky, mountains, foreground — with the horizon low and level. The clouds run in two ranks, the upper one cropped by the top edge, which pushes the weather forward over the viewer.
Cerulean and steel blue in the sky, white in the cloud. The range is violet-blue; the flats below are a very dark green-black with a thin strip of warm ochre where the light catches the valley floor.
The clouds are the most worked part of the picture — thick curved strokes with the brush turning on itself, standing proud of the surface. The foreground is laid in flat, dark and almost featureless by contrast.
Oil on board. Strong impasto in the clouds against thin, dragged paint in the land. The board's edges are painted white.
No signature visible within the painted area.