" Black Hammock"
22" x 28"
Plein air Oil on Canvas
copyright by artist, Brenda Hofreiter
This painting was created "en plein air" at Black Hammock Fish Camp along the St. Johns River in Seminole County. That's the 417 bridge in the distance crosing Lake Monroe. I loved the curving trunk of the old palm tree, the cypress hugging the bank and the waving reflections they made in the lapping water. The mud along the bank shows a recent drop in the water level of the St. Johns. It is early afternoon and the clouds are building in the distance. If you look really closely, you can see a little alligator in the foreground. He is hoping to get some scraps from a fisherman cleaning his days catch of fish nearby!
