I enjoy painting with watercolors, as well as oils, acrylics, and gouache (opaque watercolor). I painted this scene because I wanted to practice painting a landscape with watercolor. I had been in Yankton to watch my daughter, Anna, play soccer on a beautiful autumn afternoon. On the way back to Sioux Falls, I drove the backroads and took many pics. These stoic cottonwoods made good subjects. My daughter’s in law’s and our good friends, Rich Jankord and Lorah Houser Jankord own this painting.