MARSH EVENING STUDY

 

In this study, I have returned to the nearby marsh but am now looking across the expanse of grasses to a distant treeline. This angle is much lower down and no water is visible although it is there hidden by the taller marsh grasses and cattails. The setting sun has finally broken through the heavy clouds creating a starburst pattern and illuminating a central pathway over the marsh - a rare effect but one that I was hoping for. A little later on, this was even more extreme and I may try to capture how that looked too. I have done a few small studies of the marsh from this side but this one is so far the closest to what I had hoped to capture. All there so far seem to be somewhat of an experiment - trying to capture the correct tones between the sky and the marsh. Oil on canvas, 8 x 10 inches.