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Thick, layered brushstrokes of rust and burnt orange build the rock of Island in the Sky, while sunset light melts canyon and sky into one sweeping, tactile whole. Deep shadow and glowing warmth trade places across the canvas, giving the scene a vigorous, almost sculpted surface that rewards close looking.