Galatea Gardens

This week I painted with the Plein Air Colony of Pinellas at Galatea Garden in South Pasadena near the St. Petersburg, FL area. This was a small well manicured park with large garden urns full of flowers. A great subject to paint with watercolors in the morning light. The sunlight cast lively purple shadows across ground and created soft form shadows around the garden pots. In the park there is a wonderful sculpture of Galatea; an ancient Greek myth about a statue that came to life. I met a few other artist and painted with them in the park. There is also a small lily pond with a fountain which is the home to a few rather large bull frogs. They provided a delightful serenade as I painted into the afternoon warmth.

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