"Controlled Burn” Lowcountry Watercolor Painting by Jack Williamson

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Jack Williamson
(South Carolina, b. 1927)

Controlled Burn
watercolor on paper

Depicting two fires burning amidst a low-country marsh scene. … Read more Jack Williamson
(South Carolina, b. 1927)

Controlled Burn
watercolor on paper

Depicting two fires burning amidst a low-country marsh scene. These prescribed burnings are practiced by the Savannah National Wildlife refuge and other wildlife preserves as a method to remove dead grass and invasive plants, rejuvenate the marshes, and reduce risks of uncontrolled wildfires.

sight: 23 ¾ by 17 ¾ inches
frame: 30 by 24 inches
signed lower right
dated 1994

A Parsons School of design graduate, Williamson lived and worked in New York before moving to South Carolina where he works as a fine art painter, often depicting the low-country landscape as the subject matter of his work See less