Hot Day/Cool Shade

“Hot Day/Cool Shade” — plein air field study in oil on wood panel 8×10″ by Margie Guyot

90 degrees, so any work being done (if at all!) is taking place in the shade. This view is back in my swamp. The handyman had been putting in a new wooden walkway for me (so I can get back there to paint). He declared it too hot to work by 10:30 AM and left for the day. That’s OK — I’m happy to get a walkway built. Otherwise I’d never get back there at all. It’s all swamp, mucky clay, fallen logs, 7-foot high grass, etc. Anyway — I think it’s beautiful back there, so I set up my easel and did a quickie.

Here’s my setup:

And here’s part of the famed Swamp Walk….

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