Tortoise Painting Image Size:40"x28" A tall central stem stands

A tall central stem stands upright

and a scatter of tiny birds drifts across the fading light

layers of crimson and ember dissolving into one another like heat shimmering over a horizon

and the elevated view gives the whole scene an airy

Tortoise Painting Image Size:40"x28" A tall central stem standsThree small turtles line up along a moss covered rock in this warm, sunlit photograph, their patterned shells gleaming in low golden light. Each one is caught mid step, dark legs and striped necks stretched forward as they make their way across the stone above still water. Behind them, a softly blurred bank of green foliage glows in the late day sun, scattered with bright bokeh highlights. Below, the calm pool mirrors the rock and the leading turtle,