Tortoise Painting Image Size:40"x28" layers of crimson and ember

layers of crimson and ember dissolving into one another like heat shimmering over a horizon

overcast sky

light timber and crisp white furniture

and the elevated view gives the whole scene an airy

Mid-ground cypress and soft olive greens edge the field before the land rises into a sweep of layered mountains

Tortoise Painting Image Size:40"x28" layers of crimson and emberThree small turtles line up along a moss covered rock in this warm, sunlit photograph, their patterned shells gleaming in low golden light. Each one is caught mid step, dark legs and striped necks stretched forward as they make their way across the stone above still water. Behind them, a softly blurred bank of green foliage glows in the late day sun, scattered with bright bokeh highlights. Below, the calm pool mirrors the rock and the leading turtle,