"Receding Water"
22" x 28"
Oil on Canvas
Copyright by Artist, Brenda Hofreiter

This original plein air oil painting was created on location at Lake Woodruff Wildlife Preserve just outside of Deland, FL.  It is mid winter and the grasses have almost completely lost their summer green.  There is still a bit of shallow water remaining from the summer rain, but it is evaporating in the dry winter air and the dry season mud flats are beginning to appear.   I have a companion painting entitled "Approaching Winter " that shows a different view of this area in early winter when the grasses are still holding on to their green and the summer rain water is more plentiful. I was surprised when I finished these two and realized that they would also work as a diptych!