Glades Afterglow is a painting by Riley Geddings which was uploaded on September 22nd, 2010.
Glades Afterglow
Description by Maggie Geddings, author, writer, and poet ...... more
Original - Sold
Price
$2,500
Dimensions
24.000 x 20.000 x 3.000 inches
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Title
Glades Afterglow
Artist
Riley Geddings
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Description by Maggie Geddings, author, writer, and poet ...
GLADES AFTERGLOW was painted in late June, 2010 by Riley Geddings, a noted Florida Landscape Artist.
Riley has chosen the twilight hours shortly after sunset in order to portray this very interesting and somewhat rare scene. Let us first address the firmament -
the sky - the heavens, where in the top right-hand corner I espy a few emerging stars in the approaching night sky.
Those beautiful clouds are the aftermath of a heavy shower just before sunset. As the day tranforms into night, we are priviledged to observe a ritual of certain wildlife taking place as it has for thousands of years ... the nocturnal
wildlife changes shifts with the daylight creatures. The sun has just now set, leaving behind a pastel afterglow, against which is a dark - almost black - silhouette of a Great White Heron, gliding on silent wings in search of its roost for the night.
In the foreground is a small body of water typical of those found in Florida's Everglades. On the left a dead Cypress tree has fallen into the water creating a perfect location for another Great White Heron to stand as it seeks one last
Bream for his evening snack. Forming a background is a small cluster of Cabbage - or Sabal palm trees - Florida's state tree - raising their fronds in a fond farewell to one more day in Paradise. On the right, under the overhanging protection of a Scrub Oak tree, we find several Roseate Spoonbills who have already found their roost for the night on the dead branches of several small shrubs.
Yet another great masterpiece from the palette of Riley Geddings ... Another Geddings' Original ... and you can own a great print of it !
Uploaded
September 22nd, 2010
