"Givhans Ferry Community Center"
18" x 24"
Plein Air Oil on Canvas
copyright by Artist,  Brenda Hofreiter

This painting was completed on location at Givhans Ferry State Park in Ridgefield, South Carolina during my artist residency there.  This scene caught my eye in the early morning light.   The old oak cast lace-like light patterns on the wall of the Community Center and the sunlight filtering through it's branches caused bits of the underbrush to burst into the light.   It had rained the night before, and the morning mist was rising from the river bank creating a shimmering dreamlike distance and setting the building in sharp relief.  The 18" x 24" size presented a challenge in capturing the rapidly changing shadow patterns and mist before the climbing sun could burn it off.  But I'm a sucker for a challenge,  and I like the way it turned out, don't you?