After the Storm, Hemet, California

Anna Hills
After the Storm, Hemet, California
Oil on panel, 1922
20 x 24 inches
Gift of the estate of Anna A. Hills
1931.002

After the Storm, Hemet, California captures the momentary calm after a passing inundation of rain. Hills employs a low horizon line, allowing the sky with its dark, foreboding clouds to dominate the composition. The bright and colorful distant hills foreshadow the return of a pleasant sunny day.