Mary’s Landscape Art Info

Today my friend and I headed out Route 78 to the Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve to do some plein air painting. This is also known by the locals as the Pop Ash Preserve because the Pop Ash Creek runs through it.

Several parking spaces were available and a boardwalk ran along the road. Also, there was a hiking trail with boardwalk and handrails as far as I could see.

We set up our easels on the boardwalk along the road and tried to capture the native grasses, palm trees, and creek with its many reflections. It is always a challenge to me to try to express on canvas the feeling of an area containing such abundance of wild growth.