"Cedar Cove in the Rain"

Pastel on gatorboard; 20x16

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The autumn colors of the salt marsh emerge with greater strength and brilliance when it rains.  Perhaps it is the softer light with the damp grasses that lets the reds and golds dominate.  The rain also makes the greens more pure up close then softer and more purple toward the horizon.  This is one of my favorite times of the year, and this view of the marsh is one of the best.