Everglades

Ada Perez Swenson

"Living in the everglades was an unforgettable experience"

Artist-In-Residence at the Everglades National Park

Ada was elected for a period of one month to live alone and create paintings of the everglades. Ada was given living quarters and a pass to enter the park at will. Now she had the opportunity to experience wildlife first hand. "This was a chance to leave phones, e-mails and television behind and paint one of nature's most remote wilderness, The "River of Grass." One of earth most unique regions."
The Everglades National Park sponsored a one-artist show of her work at the Park's Museum for a period of one month.

THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

The FLORIDA PANTHER

As I stood painting at my easle, I heard someone jogging by. A young man discribed to me, a panther lying in the brush, with two cubs. Wonderful! But I didn't stay to find out for my self.

Oil 30X24 Framed in beautiful gold, W24 X H20" #0246

SURF & TURF
At ECO POND

BIRDS PREENING, SOME WERE FLYING ABOUT IN SUDDEN RUSHES OF FLIGHT. A SPECTACULAR PLACE TO EXPERIENCE WILDLIFE IN THIS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE ANIMALS ARE WILD AND FREE TO MOVE AND LIVE.

ONLY IN A GICLEE, IN ANY SIZE YOU WISH, UP TO 60 INCHES. #0237

"MAHOGANY HAMMOCK"

EVERGLADES

IN THIS JUNGLE OF WILD LIFE, WHERE AIR PLANTS, AND A GUMBO LIMBO TREE LIVED, AND A BARRED OWL HOOTED. THERE A STRANGLER FIG WAS CHOKING A TREE, WHILE A NURSE TREE NEARBY, WHICH HAD LIVED IT'S LIFE ONCE AS A GRAND MAHOGANY TREE, HAD FALLEN IN A HURRICANE, AND NOW IT HAD BECOME NOURISHMENT FOR THE FERNS AND AIR PLANTS. AS I PAINTED I FELT THE PURPOSE OF AND MEANING OF THE CIRCLE OF LIFE AND HOW EVERYTHING HAS IT'S PURPOSE. OIL 30 W X 24 H

NATURAL PRESERVE

IN A AREA CALLED LOOP ROAD, I STOPPED AT A SMALL OPPENING IN THE TREES. FERNS, ORCHIDS AND BRIMELIADUS GIVE WAY TO WADING BIRDS.

THIS IS MY NEWEST PAINTING. THE ORIGANAL IS AVAILABLE W30 X 24H WITH A 4 INCH GOLD FRAME.

OR A LIMITED EDITION GICLEE IN ANY SIZE UP TO 60 INCHES.

SILVER SUNSET

W 30 X 24 H OIL IN A MODERN MUSEUM WRAP STYLE (WHICH IS UNFRAMED AND THE CANVAS AND THE PAINTING IS WRAPPED AROUND THE EDGES.)

Sentinel

On Loop Road, west of the Everglades, is a small opening in the terran leading to a pond. At this pond was this scene. A Great White Heron was standing looking into the pond, while a another fished in the background.