KILLDEER OVER THE MARSH

 

I have been doing a series of summer paintings. Green is a color that I am finally becoming comfortable with and in this painting, I wanted to capture not just the colors of the day but the feeling of high Summer. I wrote earlier of a visit to the wetlands nearby where a Killdeer that was near the boardwalk flushed and flew to another part of the marsh. That memory is still with me today and was one of the factors which led to the idea of this painting. Size is 8 x 10 in, oil on canvas.