Around the Bend

Around the Bend

12" x 16", oil, 2010; framed (as viewed);
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An original oil painting on hand-gessoed hardboard; professionally framed and ready to hang.

This region of coastal Florida has attracted artists forever... and is home to many artist groups and communities.  The area is a wildlife artist’s dream: to paint in secluded exotic and pristine ecosystems teeming with tropical flora and fauna... and is my new challenge for a series of larger studio paintings… as we are just upriver from where the famous Florida Highwaymen lived and painted in a style sometimes referred to as the Indian River School.

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I've worked with listed artist Ahmed S. Eltemtamy (who was greatly influenced by A. E. Backus and studied with Sam Newton) at his studio & gallery located near the starting point of the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail, a designated American Byway that crosses nearby rivers and continues along the Atlantic Ocean; through ancient oak canopies breaking into cypress swamps, lakes, hardwood hammocks and open marshes - home to many wildlife species.