Summer Morning, Natural Bridge
by RC DeWinter
Title
Summer Morning, Natural Bridge
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Copyright 2017 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
in the shadow of natural bridge
cool water
flows underneath stone
an archway
created
by the falling of weakened
shelves of ceiling rock
beauty born
in the chaos of
destruction
still standing
as a monument to the
power of nature
reminding
us of the hidden
flaws in strength
persistence
can be the undoing of
the hearts of mountains
~ copyright 2017 RC deWinter
A view of the natural stone arch carved out by an ancient river in Natural Bridge State Park, Virginia. The remaining limestone dates to the Ordovician geologic period of approximately 470 million years ago. Cedar Creek, a tributary of the James River, runs through the arch today. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thomas Jefferson once owned the land where the park is located, and it has been speculated that George Washington may have surveyed the area before that.
Painted in digital oils from a 2006 photograph released to Wikimedia Commons by Stephen Kellam.
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Susan Brown Slizys art signature name
Gina-LOVE the words "persistence can be the undoing of the hearts of mountains"Always your words and images are perfection!fav fac tw
Liesl Walsh
Beautiful image! Love the mood and colors! l/f (Sorry for the delay in replying to your comment, we were dealing with Hurricane Irma, we are ok!)
Rosemary Colyer
Wonderful composition and rich colours! The lighting adds mystery for me and has set me pondering.....I can see so many faces in the rocks...... Superb artwork! L/F t
Bonnie Mason
Many happy memories of this place from my growing up years- then taking my own children :) LF
Randy Burns
'Beauty born in the chaos of destruction'...love this line. Took me places this image did, as all of your works do. The lighting and atmosphere here are wonderful. F/L
Johanna Hurmerinta
Congratulations! Your creative art has been featured in the “Imagination-Artistry-Creativity” group. LF! You are welcome to archive this image in: Feature Archive & Thank You Thread
Bunny Clarke
A gorgeous painting. This was a place I wanted to stop when I was working and never got to. I love your poem as well. Excellent work.
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