Three Palms | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20, oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

Artist: Painter Lyn

Have you ever noticed the number of times that things happen in threes? It seems all to often that Three is the number that people choose. Here nature has chosen to give three palm trees bundled together, and I, Painter Lyn, have decided to paint three palm trees grouped together.

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Sunset on the River | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20 oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

This painting was inspired by the orange colors appearing in the sky as a result of fires in Central Florida

Artist: Painter Lyn

Central Florida is the central region of the United States state of Florida, on the East Coast. The region enjoys a hot but often stormy climate, with many thunderstorms, and hurricanes threaten often.

Although the exact area can be disputed, Central Florida tends to be thought of as the area including Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Brevard, and Volusia counties. Polk, Marion, Flagler, and Sumter counties are considered by some, including the local media, to be part of Central Florida. Although geographically in the central part of the state, usually the west central coast, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando counties, is considered the Tampa Bay area or the Suncoast, rather than a part of Central Florida. This area is known as the I-4 Corridor.

In 2006, the estimated total population of the Central Florida region was just over 3.5 million people. Central Florida is unique because it blends the traditional culture of the Deep South which is experienced in the northern part of the region as well as in the rural areas, with the typical "Florida" culture that is dominated by Northern and international migration.

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Somewhere on the St. Johns | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

24x36 oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

I went air boating along the St, Johns River in Florida on Cindy J's Air boat, this is what I saw.

Artist: Painter Lyn


As the sun rises over the saw grass marshes that mark the starting point of the St. Johns River, it slices through the mist that defines mornings in swampy central Florida. The rain that fell here overnight may evaporate in the afternoon, it may be used for irrigation, or it may wind its way along the length of the 310 miles of the St. Johns River and flow into the Atlantic Ocean.

Downstream, the St. Johns will declare itself a mighty river, but here in Indian River and Brevard counties, there are few defined banks and boundaries. Waterfowl, wading birds, river otters and shore birds inhabit the maze of tributaries and sloughs.

This portion of the river is fed mostly by rainfall, with the help of a few springs. The molecules of hydrogen and oxygen that mix in these shallow waters flow north — unlike many North American rivers — and begin a long, slow journey to the ocean.

The St. Johns River is commonly divided into three drainage basins. Basins, also called watersheds, are land areas that drain into a water body. Because the St. Johns River flows north, the upper basin is the area to the south. The middle basin is the area in east-central Florida where the river widens. The lower basin is the area in northeast Florida from Putnam County to the river’s mouth in Duval County, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

The water travels this path slowly. The river’s total drop from beginning to end is less than 30 feet, or about one inch per mile, making it one of the "laziest" rivers in the world.

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River Rain | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20 oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

I painted this in the Florida everglades, it's a rain cloud moving in at sunset

Artist: Painter Lyn

Rain clouds usually have particular characteristics. They are often large, grey clouds and appear dark because they are so large and full of water that sunlight cannot get through them. The heaviest rain falls from the deepest, darkest clouds which are high enough for the raindrops to develop properly.

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Orange Sky Everglades | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20, oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

Artist: Painter Lyn

Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It contains both temperate and tropical plant communities, including sawgrass prairie, mangrove and cypress swamps, pinelands, and hardwood hammocks, as well as marine and estuarine environments. The park is known for its rich bird life, particularly large wading birds, such as the roseate spoonbill, wood stork, great blue heron, and a variety of egrets. It is also the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side.

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Fragile | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20, oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

I painted this because everything seems to survive in a delicate balance called life

Artist: Painter Lyn

Fragile

These adjectives mean easily broken or damaged. Fragile applies to objects that are not made of strong or sturdy material and that require great care when handled: fragile porcelain plates. Breakable and frangible mean capable of being broken but do not necessarily imply inherent weakness: breakable toys; frangible artifacts. Delicate refers to what is so soft, tender, or fine as to be susceptible to injury: delicate fruit. Brittle refers to inelasticity that makes something especially likely to fracture or snap when it is subjected to pressure: brittle bones.

This Describes our Earth perfectly as it Hangs in the Delicate Balance of what Man-kind Can Do to Either Save it or Destroy it.

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EverGlade Sunset | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20, oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

Artist: Painter Lyn

This is my personal favorite, I watched as the sun was setting and birds were flying in to feed and nest for the night. Painted in the everglades, while camping in a Chickee hut.

Everglades National Park was officially established in 1947, culminating years of effort by a dedicated group of conservationists to make a national park in the Florida Everglades a reality. Since that time, the park has been designated an International Biosphere (1976), a World Heritage Site (1979), and a Wetland of International Importance (1987).

The Everglade Sunset is one of the Most Spectacular Sites you may Ever See. While the Sky Changes Colors from Bright Red to Orange and Purple. Two Everglade Sunsets are never Alike.


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Copper Sunset | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20 oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

Artist: Painter Lyn

This painting was inspired by the colors in the sunset in The Florida Everglades. The Sugar Can farmers burn off their Fields preparing for the next crop. When the conditions are right, the sky reflects the color of fire.

Information on The Sugar Industry


There are many variables surrounding the arguments for and against the sugar industry. While the industry has vital economic impacts, it also has destructive environmental effects. Economically the sugar cane industry plays an important role in our society. The impacts especially affect those who live in Florida. Sugar cane is one of Florida’s most important agricultural products, producing a gross sale of more than $2 billion in the state. It averaged over $800 million per year in the end of the ‘90s and first season of 2000. While it is obvious that income to the state of that magnitude would have huge economic significance for the state, the industry also provides numerous jobs for its citizens. The sugar cane industry boasts 17,000 jobs, having a significant impact for those who live around the plantations.

Even though many may believe the environmental effects from the sugar cane industry on the Everglades are minimal or insignificant, there is a large amount of evidence stating otherwise. The sugar industry has polluted the water in streams and rivers by runoff from their facilities. Phosphorus runoff produced by the industry is the primary cause of degradation of the Everglades. Water that runs off from the sugar cane agricultural areas carries with it so much phosphorus, usually around 10 parts per billion, allowing cattails to thrive off the nutrient usually growing uncontrollably. This uncontrollable growth chocks the natural vegetation leading the ecosystem into crisis. Plants that used to thrive in those areas have died and been swept down stream turning the once pristine waters of Florida Bay into bodies of dark and cloudy waters. This runoff of Phosphorus travels down from the Everglades to the Atlantic Ocean, which is ruining the reefs that exist there.

In addition to polluting the water supply and altering the environment over the past 200 years, 9.3 million acres of wetlands, most of it Everglades, have been lost. Losing wetlands means losing both a natural water purifier, which has huge environmental effects, and abundant wildlife. Animals such as the American Crocodile and Florida Panther, along with 54 additional endangered species, call the Florida wetlands their home.

Although there are huge environmental effects from the sugar industry on the Everglades, and the quality of the water, the industry has recently started to step up and take into consideration the environment. Because of the concerns for the environment, the sugar farmers have become active in the litigation over the restoration of the Florida Everglades. Sugar farmers, such as U.S. Sugar and others, have agreed to pay more than $300 million over the next 20 years to pay for the cost of cleaning the water, to its entirety, leaving their farms. The farmers utilize strict water quality control programs on their facilities to ensure the health of Florida’s ecosystem.

Not only are they practicing environmentally safer techniques on their farms, they also support such legislation from the U.S. Congress to re-pump the water flow and delivery system in South Florida, known as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Act. While the damage has been done to the Everglades, and water quality in South Florida by the sugar cane industry, they are now taking measures to reduce further damage, and to try to protect the Everglades while they can.

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Blue Water | Oil Painting | Artist: Painter Lyn

16x20, oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

Painted in Florida Everglades, after a storm.

Artist: Painter Lyn

The Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands is a rare and beautiful place. It is one of North America's unsung wild places - a beautiful, rugged, subtropical landscape experienced by a relatively few adventurous souls each year. Many who appreciate the unique qualities of this wilderness will argue that it is a place better kept secret. Perhaps, in my quest for solitude and a deeply personal communion with nature, I might ordinarily agree. But I also feel that it is a resource important not only for its natural heritage and spiritually enriching powers, but for its commercial and recreational values as well.

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Abuse | Oil Painting

24x36, oil painting on stretched canvas, Framed

Artist: Painter Lyn

Abuse is a Symbolic Painting about how Delicate someone Life can become once they have Trust in the Wrong person.

Definitions of the Word Abuse 1) To use wrongly or improperly; misuse: abuse alcohol; abuse a privilege. 2)To hurt or injure by maltreatment; ill-use. 3)To force sexual activity on; rape or molest. 4)To assail with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile. 5)Obsolete To deceive or trick. As they Say A Picture Means 1000 Words. ABUSE.

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A Walk on the Beach | Oil Painting

16x20 oil painting on stretched canvas. Framed

Artist: Painter Lyn

This is a typical scene from my early morning walks along the beaches of Brevard County, Florida

Just 35 miles east of Orlando, Brevard County prides itself as the home of Kennedy Space Center, the only facility in the world that launches the Space Shuttle; Port Canaveral, the second-busiest cruise port in the world; 72 miles of beautiful Atlantic Ocean beaches; and the largest collection of endangered wildlife and plants in the continental United States. With its tropical weather, cultural activities, educational opportunities, active and passive recreation options, high-technology industries, and family-friendly atmosphere, the Space Coast offers an exceptional quality of life that residents and visitors enjoy year-round. Nearly 500,000 people call its 16 municipalities and unincorporated areas "home."

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