Duck Trails - Acrylic Painting

It's late afternoon on a warm September day, as the sun sets, a duck glides through the placid pond creating abstract patterns upon the waters.

The following passage by Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek speaks to the child in me, growing up as a tom boy much of my time was spent mucking around slow moving creeks and ponds.

"In summer's low water, flags and bulrushes grow along a series of shallow pools cooled by the lazy current. Water striders patrol the surface film, crayfish hump along the silt bottom eating filth, frogs shout and glare, and shiners and a small bream hide among roots from the sulky green heron's eye."
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Duck Trails

Abstract Reflections V

12" x 12" acrylic on canvas

Abstract Reflections II - Acrylic Painting

A couple of summers back I went to a painting class in Gibsons, BC a southwest coastal village on the Straight of Georgia with my friend Barb.  It was a wonderful creative fun filled week.  I could not have asked for a more suitable traveling partner, not only are we both artists, but also photography buffs.  As soon as class let out we were off exploring with cameras in hand.  This painting is from a small section of a image I shot at the marina.

Primaries Red, Blue, and Yellow

Abstract Reflections II

"Sheltered - A Coastal Arbutus"

 "Sheltered - A Coastal Arbutus" 

 original acrylic painting 24" x 36" x 1.5 on canvas.

$1100.00

During the fiercest of winter storms she clings to her rocky bluff overlooking the raging ocean, as the cold howling winds push and pull at her limbs she endures through another west coast storm. But today is different the sun shines showing the beauty of her bark and her glossy leaves. Cedar waxwings hide in among her branches trilling songs of joy as they gorge on her fruit. Today she can rest.

This beautiful painting is available for purchase at http://www.melodiedouglas.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2622135