Are you looking for something to paint and nowhere to go?  We just got back from Weedon Island in St. Petersburg, Florida!  A local state park filled with rich cultural history and ancient artifacts which can light fire to your imagination.  An Island preserve surrounded by clean clear, alligator free mangroves.  We rented a kayak from Sweetwater Kayaks and set out on a 4 mile journey through open water to an area where the mangrove channels are much like a walk through the forest.  A canopy covers much of the mangrove channel providing shade and protection for a multitude of birds and wildlife. 

A trip filled with incredible sites that would inspire any artist.  State and local county parks are filled with these wonderous events and spectacular scenery.  Get out there and feel the wind in your face, touch the branches of a tree, then find you own way to express wind in your painting and visual illusions to create the texture of a tree branch.