spring path in the prairie

8x10, oil on board, plein air painting with palette knife, 2016

Painted at Cascade Meadow Nature Center. A little more green now in the prairie in middle April! 

I was told by the center staff  that the native grasses come out later in the spring than most of sodded grasses. Native grasses seem to know the fickle nature of spring in the area.  I will keep watching for the spring colors.