After the Rain in the Salt Marshes
Martin Johnson Heade
American, 1819-1904
Oil on canvas
'Martin Johnson Heade was best known in his lifetime, as today, for his marsh paintings, a subject he first undertook in the 1860s. Although Heade painted marshes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Florida, he captured the overall character of marsh life, rather than recalling specific locales. After the Rain in the Salt Marshes incorporates hallmarks of Heade's marsh compositions: a strongly horizontal view of the landscape, cut by a winding ribbon of water and dotted with haystacks receding into the distance. Heade also often added strong directional light effects to create dynamic patterns of shadows that animate the otherwise calm scene.'
Maverick Mist 
This lovely but seems to disappear in the marshy colors. 😊🌺
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It is kind of muted, very pastoral though. 🙂
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Yes, that’s the perfect word for this art work.
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beautiful
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Thanks Beth. 🙂
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very beautiful landscape, looks like an old English painting
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It does have that old English feel to it, thanks. 🙂
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I always loved the effect of the sn rays captured in the paintings. Recently I visited a Salt Marsh in Delaware and it was so beautiful..I was amazed at the scenic beauty and I also came to know that many of the award-winning Nat Geo pictures have been taken there.
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Sounds really beautiful. I’ve not been there, yet. 🙂
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It’s called Bombay hook
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WOW! Very photographic like for his time!
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You’re right Resa, it is very photographic like. Thanks. 🙂
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