8"x10" watercolor on 140 lb hotpress paper © Kimberly Shaw
This is my favorite view in the California Delta. From a boat on the Sacramento River this adorable old farm house peaks over the levee road, surrounded by spectacular trees. Earlier this month I happened to be lucky enough to float by just as the setting sun filtered through the trees.
I was inspired to paint this view from my study of Jeremiah. Chapter 17:7-8 reads, "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit."