Dark blues and whites mark out the clouds in the sky before lowering to the browns of the horizontal line and fading into a deep teal sea. 

This image was painted onto Michele Kuykendall’s canvas after she returned from her home of South Africa. She had not painted in years. Life had gotten too busy. However, there was something about the light in South Africa that inspired her to see the beauty in nature and begin to paint again. 

Abigail Murphy is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To contact Abigail Murphy, email abigail.murphy@alexcityoutlook.com.