04/28/2010

Near Hammond's Ferry

Near Hammonds Ferry_as72cr
12 x 9 inches, oil paint on wood panel                                                    Copyright 2010, John A. Brecht, all rights reserved

This was painted in January, 2010.  It was a warm day, not unusual for January in South Carolina.  This time of year it is all about the sky -- candy blue through the lacework of bare trees.  This was looking up a path not far from the Savannah River.  It had rained the night before.  I made a pile leaves to carpet where I was standing in order to stay out of the mud.  

Apr 28, 2010 6:38:43 PM | Paintings

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