"Flamingo Lagoon" - 30x30cm

This painting is part of a 3-piece mini collection called "Summer Serenade".

The inspiration for this series came from the colours palette that I've chosen from the start. I wanted to have a dominant colour of turquoise/mint green and combine this with pinks, but then add some neutrals in to balance everything out. My love for bright and vibrant colours in my art represents deep exploration and dreaming. They are joyful and playful and take me back to childhood experimentation and simply having fun.

Playing with the elements of art of texture, layering and mark making creates beauty in the chaos that is balanced out by the calm in the aqua marine serenity. 

Flamingos at Laguna Grande by David Mason

Dawn in the mist, the flamingos came

trumpeting from the marsh

like postillions of summer rain

or angels of the marsh.

The light was luminous,

the air effulgent with their cries, as fifty thousand rose and flared

in ecstasies of surprise.

Now like a fan their color burned,

now in a winking line

of salmon flame they turned and churned

to dance, to court, to shine.

It was a ballet of such grace

the eye could hardly take

the splendor in, or find a place

to rest for beauty's sake.

They seemed a vision come from far

of heaven, of the wild,

so strange and perfect that they are

no more than they are styled.

Yet there they were, their beauty rare

as any earthly thing,

as full of mystery and flare

as any voice can sing.

The morning passed, the flamingos flew

to other skies unknown,

and all the world seemed very new

and very much alone.

30x30cm (approx. 12x12in)

Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas

Deep Edge Canvas 3.8cm (1.5"), 380g (12oz)

Signed, Varnished and Ready To Hang. Certificate of Authenticity included.