Wistful Glance
16"x12", 2011; framed as viewed
An original oil painting on hand-gessoed hardboard; professionally framed, ready to hang.
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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.Inquire at Inland Gallery....
This scene depicts a typical Old Florida savanna landscape; a feeding Egret with a wistful, watching glance. The banks of the river are lined with marsh reeds and overhanging trees and shrubs; and sometimes, as far as the eye can see, there is a vast marsh rolling onto the horizon... dotted by the occasional pine or palm hammock.
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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 very near to the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail, a designated American Byway that crosses nearby rivers and continues along the Atlantic Ocean; through ancient oak and palm canopies breaking into cypress swamps, lakes, hardwood hammocks, salt marshes, and estuaries - home to many tropical birds and wildlife species.
