Pierre's Palm - Islamorada Sunset
Pastel on Sanded Paper 15.5 x 12.5
There is an ancient palm that overhangs the coral beach on Islamorada, in the Florida Keys. Many a family and many a visitor to the beach overlooking the Gulf have marveled at this tree. How it shaped itself and angled it's trunk to stretch far out beyond the waters edge is a marvel. Even more so, considering the weather that must threaten it, not to mention the kids who scramble upon it, and the people who hang over it for the perfect "Christmas Card" shot or two....
The scene above is that palm at sunset, on a night when there was not a cloud in the sky nor ripple on the gulf below. It happened this way, February 28, 2009, and this is the pastel that resulted.
