El Tesoro Falls
8x6 inches
Oil on canvas panel
by
George De Chiara
Available though The Dutch Art Gallery. (214-348-7350)
This area is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to paint. Camp El Tesoro is a wonderful kid's camp that's kind enough to let us in occasionally to paint. The camp has a great river running though it that is complete with waterfall, which is what this painting depicts. The water is very clear; in fact, not only could we see the many fish in the river, we could actually see the whiskers on the catfish as they swam around. After last year's drought it was very encouraging to see so much life in the river. There had to be easily 100 fish swimming around the 40-50 foot stretch we explored looking for places to paint the falls from. Of course, we where also warned that they spotted two copperheads and a rattler in the last few days along the river and that we should "keep an eye out". Ha! I kept them both out, just in case.
To see more of my work visit my website - http://georgedechiara.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment