Lo Lo Mai Springs is a privately owned campground and day use facility on a beautiful mile of Oak Creek, near Sedona, Arizona. While Oak Creek itself is serene and picturesque for a long way, the spring fed pond is really a special treat, in a glade of towering trees, unusually large old cottonwoods and sycamores, the spring fed pond attracts birds, butterflies and must have supplied early inhabitants of the area with both ample clean water and wildlife, a treasure in a desert landscape. It can be crowded, but the bench swings and benches that surround the well shaded spring pond invite still observation. It's a place I hope to paint again and again. The "resort" itself can be crowded with family and feral-leaning children, but it's natural beauty is still irresistible. I'm not sure what the yellow overgrowth on the pond is, but it was shining yellow in the sunlit center of the pond from where I painted. Algae? I hope I captured the depth of the deep deep black-green water and shaded foliage dotted with slivers of sun accenting the verdure. Acrylics on Canvas Board.
Lo Lo Mai Springs is a privately owned campground and day use facility on a beautiful mile of Oak Creek, near Sedona, Arizona. While Oak Creek itself is serene and picturesque for a long way, the spring fed pond is really a special treat, in a glade of towering trees, unusually large old cottonwoods and sycamores, the spring fed pond attracts birds, butterflies and must have supplied early inhabitants of the area with both ample clean water and wildlife, a treasure in a desert landscape. It can be crowded, but the bench swings and benches that surround the well shaded spring pond invite still observation. It's a place I hope to paint again and again. The "resort" itself can be crowded with family and feral-leaning children, but it's natural beauty is still irresistible. I'm not sure what the yellow overgrowth on the pond is, but it was shining yellow in the sunlit center of the pond from where I painted. Algae? I hope I captured the depth of the deep deep black-green water and shaded foliage dotted with slivers of sun accenting the verdure. Acrylics on Canvas Board.
#186 - Acrylic on Canvas Board
Painting : 14” x 11”
In Canvas: 19 1/2 x 16 1/2
