Ideas come from the sky.

 "Lilac," 6x8", ink and watercolor on paper.

Looking east in the evening earlier this week offered a fantastic sky of streaky orange and purple clouds against an intense blue. All of that hanging over the golds and rusts of trees in early November.

Then, upon turning around and facing west, the view was strikingly different and much more unusual. A lovely lilac hue fading towards the horizon that emphasized cool but richly colored rough pines and shrubs. 

It looked a bit like what Led Zepplin vs. Handel would sound like.