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By The River - DETAIL - Watercolor by Woody Hansen
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Living close to the American River Parkway, in Sacramento, California, has advantages for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Seasonal changes are constantly reflected along the parkway. Hardly a week goes by without a new visual menu of inspiring shapes, colors, values, sights, smells, and sounds.
Depending on the season, and time of day, the river rises and falls, speeds up and slows down. The water appears to turn from blue, to green, to brown, and back to blue again. Then too, the riverbank and surrounding area is in continual change from day to day.
However, I’m seldom interested in replicating the exact scene before me. Therefore, the greens, oranges, purples, seen in By The River are not as they were on the day of the painting, but are from a mental inventory of images both near and far.
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