Peter
R. Gerbert © 2023 This
original design has been copyrighted by the artist and the image
has been digimarked. Not for copy or web use unless permission
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Limited
Edition Canvas Reproductions are now available,
signed & numbered by the artist only to 100,
with 3 Artist Proofs.
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Included
in the painting are eighteen living creatures! Roseate
Spoonbill, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, five White Ibis
in flight, Great Blue Heron, Palm Warbler, Wood Stork, Snowy
Egret, Great-crested Flycatcher, Green-back Heron, juvenile
Night Heron, adult Florida Panther in full view (can you find
it?), Pig Frog and Dragonfly. Also included is the enchanting
& mysterious Ghost Orchid.
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“Beginning
as a research trip early one misty morning in the heart of
the Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary... The
perspective has you looking in and also looking down: I didn't
realize this was happening until I had the piece penciled
out and I had started painting! The design was developed using
hundreds of pictures I took. The long & dramatic shadows
from the sun penetrating the Cypress trees I thought became
quite an attention-grabbing element.”
“This
painting is dedicated to my friend Mr. Eric Draper (Executive
Director, Audubon Florida) for his wisdom
and unrelenting determination to protect Florida's birds and
their increasingly delicate habitats. I used some comments
from him for the initial idea for this painting and for the
title.”
-Peter R. Gerbert
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From
the Private Art Collection of Susan & David
A. Theriaque, Esq.
David
A. Theriaque with Peter R. Gerbert upon delivery of
the original painting to his offices in Tallahassee!
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The
Work in Progress...
Beginning
as a research trip early one misty morning in the heart of
the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, some six months ago...
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Photo
by Dr. Forest W. Redding, Jr
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Photo
and additional research material provided by Dr. Forest W.
Redding, Jr
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Late in 2015,
the
work-in-progress won an Award of Excellence
at the Citrus County Fine Art Festival and a
First Place Painting blue ribbon at the
Homosassa Arts, Crafts & Seafood Festival.
Everyone seemed to love the "unfinished look,"
going from extreme realism to pencil.
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Early in 2016,
the finished painting won Best of Show Tampa
Bay Fine Arts/Florida Blueberry Festival 2016 and the
Award of Distinction SunFest 2016, West
Palm Beach!
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