'Panama Flats' tells the energetic story of a land deep in the fading winter light. This park in the wetlands of the Saanich Peninsula in British Columbia, Canada is where the geese come to rest. The soul of the landscape is pulsing with latent energy as a winter sun sinks below the skyline. Gold spears of winter grass catch the fading light as they catch the last rays, reaching up towards the sky.

This painting is taken from a sketch made outdoors in Panama Flats Provincial Park near Victoria, British Columbia. In the short days of late Fall the artist delights in the colours and gentle shapes of a winter landscape. This moment was particularly magical, the sun warm before it dropped below the horizon when the temperature would drop about ten degrees in a few minutes.

A moment of magic before darkness descends on the land.