Pond Reflection
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at 10:58PM
Sadie Valeri in painting

6 x 8 inches, oil on panel

Back at the Japanese Tea Garden: Yellow Ginkgo leaves float across the upside-down reflection of the surrounding trees. I love the diagonal sweep of light across the surface, the vertical points of reflected pine tree tops, and the sprinkle of floating leaves.

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