Copper Woods

Fourth Cliff View

It was a chilly day in the first week of December.   Although it was cold, the sun was shining so I bundled up and headed out for a plein air paint-out.   I drove to Humarock, a barrier island separating the mighty Atlantic from the easterly reaches of "northern" Marshfield.  I decided on a scene where the North River meets the South River and empties into the ocean.  Here the currents produce amazing churn and whitecaps. 

Copper Woods - Initial Stage

My gear was just about set up when a very nice military official asked me if I had a Military ID.    Apparently I was on government property and this installation was not open to the public.   Shucks...I was all ready to go.   The churning water and whitecaps were not going to make it into a painting on this day.



I eventually returned to the edge of some woods not far from the house - in fact I was at the edge of my property.   The sun was shining through the trees and illuminating the bed of fallen oak leaves.  It looked like a copper carpet.     And what started out as a scene I thought was boring, revealed its pretty patches of sky, branches, dry grasses and woodland under growth.  No rocks, no people, no animals, no house, no barn, no whitecaps...just some trees - but pretty trees.  :)

Copper Woods