I was at the famous Monticello this spring- such breathe taking views. I especially love the 200-some varieties of plants, as the flowering Caracalla bean. The miles of pink apple blossom trees were romantic. It made me reconnect to what it must have been like in the early years of our country. The pastoral and self sufficient traditions that Jefferson built are well remembered.
In a way, Pastoral is the word for his distant views from his estate. The apple trees speckled below the pastures and the sunset will be a fantastic painting, that I was happy to paint in memory of his Monticello. I will boldly say that Jefferson was a wizard of horticulture design of land. This will make it easy to paint a great composition from his land. The pinks, soft blues, sage and warm corals are what stands out in his fields and shrubbery.
Monticello is worth the visit. Attached is the painting that I did there.