This winter I was on my own looking for sites to paint as I missed hooking up with Shawn Dell Joyce. The first place I visited was The Boyd Hill nature center that had a magnificent collection of caged raptors, owls, eagles, hawks. I wander to the marshy mangrove area where I caught some water fowl feeding.
My next trip was a solo drive to a state park, called Honeymoon beach. It is also the access to Calista Island state park which is only reachable by a ferry. I painted this view from the terrace of a small cafe at the rest and parking area.
Before I left Florida to return to the chilly north I sought out a nature park in the Trinity area where I was staying. About two miles from my friend's home was the perfect spot. I chose the park information office.