Here, the setting sun leaves the foreground in deep shadow while the riverside and barn are cast in glowing autumnal light. The vertical composition places a strong emphasis on the trees that blanket the blue sky with their orange foliage.
In Thornberry’s Pasture, Adams achieved the Impressionist goal of capturing the light and atmosphere of not just a season, but of a specific time in the day.
In September of 1904, Adams was painting in Brooklyn, Indiana, a quick trip southwest from Indianapolis. It is no longer known, however, exactly where Thornberry’s pasture was located.
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