Tropical Orange Grove

by AnnaJo Vahle

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24.000 x 20.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

Tropical Orange Grove

Artist

AnnaJo Vahle

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

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I did this acrylic painting a few years ago en plein air. It is in an old orange grove on North Merritt Island, Florida. It is just a few miles south of the Kennedy Space Center. I like the dynamics of such a rustic scene being such close proximity of the highly technical sights of the Space Center.

The orange trees have grown quite old and a bit scruffy. A scrub palm growing right next to an orange tree has entwined itself with it. I thought it to be an interesting combination and a fairly common sight around here. Cows roamed among the trees throughout the property. Bee hives are throughout the groves. Delicious orange blossom honey is made there. Barbed wire fence surrounds all of this. This is an acrylic on canvas painting. The particular summer that I painted this was during a drought. The brown dry colors reminded me of the colors in generally drier climates. Wild fires burned near to this area and threatened this grove. Fortunately, it managed to survive without being burned.

As with so many rural areas, this area is now being developed. Housing developments are replacing the old groves.

This type of palm is, also, called a cabbage palm It grows in almost any soil and has many uses, including food, medicine, and landscaping. The 1953 Florida legislature designated another name, as the state tree. The 1970 legislature mandated that this palm should replace the cocoa palm on the state seal.

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May 9th, 2017

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