"EL COCOTERO" (The palm tree grove)
Oil on canvas with marble sand
36" x 48"

There are many palm tree groves along the shores of Costa Rica and this is the image that many people have of a tropical paradise - trees ripe with coconuts, and white sandy beaches. As a young girl on vacation with my family at the seashore, I loved to lie on my back on the sandy beach and watch the trees being rocked by the wind...and hear the occasional "plop" of a coconut hitting the ground.