Thursday, November 11, 2021

"Requiem for a Water Lily"

 

Out hiking at Metro Beach I noticed the almost total absence of life in the ponds. There was this one dying water lily, which struck me as sad--where did the summer go? The painting is much more subtle in the flesh. Once again, in spite of PhotoShop, one can't really render some paintings very well. 

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