Pastel on Self-sanded Arches, 15x11
In the morning, the views across the marsh to the line of pine and cedar trees are always full of mystery and contrast.
The summer is coming and the colors are turning from reds and
brown to green and gold. The cedar trees provide the solid, deep shadows and the
various kinds of marsh grass throw in the color. The pine trees stand above
oaks, cedars, and underbrush as “tree herders” watching over their ragged and
tangled charges.
June 2, 2013, I added the egret and changed the name. At low
tide, the egrets hunt small fish and crabs in the few puddles that remain of the
tide, and they hunt lizards in the tall grass. The original painting was done
en plein air at Castaway Island Preserve, Jacksonville and submitted
under the title "Ragged Marsh," but by adding the egret, I reclassified this as
a studio piece.
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