Thursday, February 19, 2009

Seagrape at Cayo Costa Study #3


Plein Air 8x10 Oil.
Just returned from a 5 day camping trip
on the island of Cayo Costa, South West Florida where i did several
studies. The study here is of the Sea grape tree which is quite prevalent in these
parts. It's an Interesting tree with a large circular leaf and twisted branches which seemed to have been sculptured by the prevailing sea breeze. Hurricane Charlie came right through here and wiped out much of the natural tree vegetation but these little guys are tough and quite challenging to paint. I tried twice before this one and could have easily continue indefinitely.

1 comment:

  1. i love sea grapes! this is lovely. Cant wait to hear about your trip.

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