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| BumberShootStudio Paintings Copyright 2014 'Simplicity' (Sold) |
While living in the Sonoran Desert (Arizona) we often described it to others as a 'green desert'...adding 'green' somehow brings the existence of life. People picture deserts as dry, barren waste lands, not beautiful vistas filled with trees, shrubs and cacti that look like jewels placed within the shimmering red sand.
Back East in the U.S. (New England) the view is more a smorgasbord of delicious green shades ranging from cool blues to warm, bright, radiant strokes of deciduous color completely covering the landscape. A buffet of greens that change with every season!
Then there are the deep, rich greens of the Pacific Northwest (Washington/Oregon). Green is such a dominant color there that Seattle is nick named 'The Emerald City.' Massive-Jurassic size evergreens fill the horizon along with the Cascade Mountain Range making everything unbelievably picturesque.
Here in Southern China (Guangdong) the terrain is more a jungle of thick impenetrable evergreens that are dense and leafy, impossible to walk through and quite impressive. The green colors are flat and dull, lacking saturation except in areas closer to the ocean where they sparkle in comparison. At first I thought it was a layer of dust and everything was just dirty...not so. The colors are faded because of how hard they are working to clean the air around us. Developing countries struggle in this area (America did too) learning to balance growth of industry and protection of the environment.
Green is a secondary color and most often takes back seat to other colors competing for our attention. So the next time you stop to see a sunset with it's brilliant red hues or hear the oceans aqua blue waves crashing upon the shore, take a moment...and breath in the green.
