Lichen

This painting was inspired by lichen, well, part of it was anyway...

My in-law's home in the south of Florida, is surrounded by nature preserves. When we visit a few times a year I always feed my hunger for all things tropical with many walks outside. These pictures where taken at a bird refuge there, with miles of wooden board-walks built over a mangrove swamp teeming with creatures. Imagine my joy when I discovered this lichen growing everywhere on the wooden walkways. Their organic form and color are just dripping with life for me...

....and I just love their place in this new, as yet untitled, painting.