Tropical Trail's End
by AnnaJo Vahle
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Title
Tropical Trail's End
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is a wooded area on Tropical Trail on Merritt Island. It is near the Indian River. I was enchanted by the light filtering through the trees in the background. I found all the textures to be a fun challenge. Although so many people believe that a palm is a palm, there really is a lot of individuality among them. Not only are there so many varieties but each one seems to have characteristic all their own. I love trees. There was a time that I didn't really think of palms as being trees since they don't really have typical branches. I painted this as I saw them, living and thriving among some live oaks.
The growing heart of the new fronds, also known as the terminal bud gives the tree its "cabbage" name, since this is extracted as a food and tastes like other undifferentiated plant meristem tissue, such as the heart of a cabbage or artichoke. It is one of several palm species that is sometimes used to make heart of palm salad. Heart of palm was commonly eaten by Aboriginal Americans. However, extracting the heart will kill this species of palm, because the terminal bud is the only point from which the palm can grow and without this bud the palm will not be able to replace old leaves and will eventually die.
Sabal palmetto trunks appear in two different conditions, which can be confusing. When leaves die, the leaf bases typically persist for a while, creating a spiky, "basketweave" effect. These remnant leaf bases are called "bootjacks" or "boots", for short. The name stems from the "Y" shape that was reminiscent of devices used to aid individuals in removing boots. Transplanted palms are sometimes deliberately shorn of these bootjacks. Taller specimens are more likely to have lost their bootjacks and appear relatively smooth and columnar. The loss of bootjacks is a natural, if poorly understood, phenomenon as the palm does not create a leaf abscission zone so the loss of the leaf bases results from some other physical or biological process.
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February 10th, 2013
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Comments (24)
Michael Graham
Dear Annajo, I met up with old buddy Bob Farr here in Weston at our FABI meeting and I recalled admiring your art and he wrote your name down and here I am, looking at your work and finding it wonderful. For me your paintings are luminous screens through which I can see messages from another perhaps vanished world. Michael Graham
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you very much, Michael. I am delighted to hear from a friend of Bob. I spoke to him not too long ago. Your comment is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Henryk Gorecki
Wonderful painting and perfect precision! f/v
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you very much, Henryk. It is especially sweet to have such words from an artist I respect as much as you.
Annie St Martin
Beautiful painting. I feel as though I can touch your trees. I'd love to take a walk through this tropical haven. Absolutely wonderful work. Annie
Madalena Lobao-Tello
CONGRATULATIONS!! Featured on Female Artists!! Love how you have done this!!!Excellent work, really very well done!!
Randy Rosenberger
Love the colors and textures of this real beauty! Very nicely captured and presented piece of work. Thanks much for sharing. f/v, F, tweet, g+1, P, Stumble
Julie Magers Soulen
Beautiful AnnaJo. It has such an old world feel to it. Nice work! v
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Hmmm...I guess that it does! Thank you, Julie. I always appreciate your visits.