Enchanted Clearing
by AnnaJo Vahle
Title
Enchanted Clearing
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
A bright blue Florida Scrub Jay flies into a sun dappled clearing of the Enchanted Forest Wildlife Sanctuary. A tall cabbage palm reaches towards the sun in the background with shady Oak trees.
Scrub habitat has dwindled considerably in the past several decades as Florida has continued to develop. Wildfire suppression also leads to the natural succession of large oaks and trees which changes the habitat. In recent years, environmental groups within the state have made a strong effort at preserving Florida's remaining scrub through controlled burns and even clearing out areas of large trees to increase the size of a scrub habitat.
The Florida Scrub Jay was officially listed as a threatened state species by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in 1975 and it was listed as a threatened federal species by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1987.
In 1993, there were estimated to be 4000 breeding pairs left in the wild. Despite the protections, the Scrub Jay is still thought to be on the decline. Studies done in Brevard County, once the most numerous Florida county for Scrub Jays, noted declines of about 33% since the 1993 census alone.
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February 8th, 2012
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Comments (23)
Nicklas Gustafsson
What a beautiful and amazing tropical painting! Congratulations on being selected Featured Artist of the Week in the Pixels group!
Only A Fine Day
Interesting image. If you haven't already done so, you should consider adding this one to my "Favorite Features" contest.
Henryk Gorecki
Beautiful old forest,excellent details,fantastic colors and light!Masterful moody painting,AnnaJo!-L/F
Henryk Gorecki
Beautiful old forest,excellent details,fantastic colors and light!Masterful moody painting,AnnaJo!-L/F
Belinda Low
AnnJo - My fav subjects are mostly associated with trees, sea and nature in general. I love this piece done in my fav medium which is acrylic!
Shirley Sirois
Beautiful! I would love to be here!....v.
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
It is a pretty place and I love to go there often. One of my favorite places to paint en plein air.
Madalena Lobao-Tello
CONGRATULATIONS!! Featured on Female Artists - Creative Women!!! Great artwork. Love the colours, textures and composition!!!!!