Tropical Palm Leaves Painting Size:12"x8" their faces streaked with foam

their faces streaked with foam as the storm light catches their peaks

The brushwork is rich and painterly

and behind the foreground tangle

A whimsical spring landscape to spark daydreams

where the land is dressed in olive and ochre

Tropical Palm Leaves Painting Size:12"x8" their faces streaked with foamA single palm frond cuts diagonally across the image, its narrow leaflets fanned wide and lit from behind until they glow translucent lime. Sunlight passes straight through the thinnest blades, revealing every rib and the fine tapered tips that curl a little at their ends. Behind it the jungle dissolves into deep bottle green shadow, broken only by soft circles of light where the canopy opens overhead. Shallow focus keeps just the leading edge of the