Ethereal Light – Trumpeter Swan, 5×7, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham
I love back-lit subjects to paint….using a limited palette in my paintings is also a favorite. Incorporating both of these aspects, this piece was a pleasure to paint. Coming across a trumpeter swan late on a Summer’s day, with light glowing through a thick haze across the lake and the sky’s blue reflected in the shadows, I had no doubt that I would be painting the scene in the near future.
This painting is currently on display at Raindance Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (http://www.raindancegallery.net)
This is very delicate and heart warming work, great use of light. The trumpeter swan is one of my favorite birds to paint too.
They live in Crex Meadows only a few minutes from our home. This year is a great year for the duck stamp competition
and I look forward to seeing your work again this year, your canadian goose was very good in last year's work. Good luck.
Jim Springett-wildlife artist