This is an exceptionally vivid Marc-Aurèle Fortin composition, in which colour itself becomes the principal vehicle for describing the drama of sunset.

The painted surface is built up through juxtaposed patches of colour, creating recurrent chromatic effects throughout.

There is something almost jewel-like about the painting. Fortin is not simply recording a sunset; he is transforming the experience of one into a tapestry of colour. The heavy contours, vigorous handling of paint and audacious contrasts give the scene an expressive intensity that moves well beyond straightforward landscape description and into the poetic vocabulary of Marc A. Fortin.