Sunrise over the Marshland

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Oil painting of a Florida landscape during sunrise. The painting (a) shows a marshland scene. There are white egrets or cranes in the water, one with lifted wings in the foreground and others in flight. There is a palm tree in the low marsh water on the left. There is a small island with trees on the right of the image. Vegetation, including palm trees, is also visible along the shoreline. The sky is shown in shades of blue and pink and is reflected on the water. The painting is signed in the bottom left. The reverse of the board has numerical inscriptions and paint splatter. The wooden frame (b) is brown in color and made from repurposed construction materials. The frame has gold-colored paint with a textured band near the image. The reverse of the frame has brown tape along each edge.

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