Dancing Trees at Driftwood Beach in Charcoal
by Bill Swartwout
Title
Dancing Trees at Driftwood Beach in Charcoal
Artist
Bill Swartwout
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
Celebrating on center stage, in this simulated charcoal sketch, are a "couple" of trees that appear to be dancing in the transition zone between the barren driftwood and the lush marshland of Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Driftwood Beach is akin to a "scene from another world" on the northern end of Jekyll Island, Georgia. It is a picturesque place featuring numerous driftwood trees and parts of trees. This mystical place was created by years of erosion that caused many trees to topple into the salt water of the Atlantic Ocean and die. While driftwood is a form of marine debris, or tidewrack, is can also be quite beautiful and even mysterious. The salinity of the ocean water tends to preserve the trees for many decades - if not longer. Note that the water appears brown(ish) at Jekyll Island because of churned-up sediment and tannin washed offshore from the myriad swamps and marshes of coastal Georgia.
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June 5th, 2021
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