Nancy Tankersley » The Path

The Choptank River is a river on Maryland's Eastern Shore that has long been important for its part in the area's economy and eco-system. Home to vast estuaries, it was also part of the Underground Railroad and provided a water route for slaves to travel north to freedom. This scene is only five minutes from my studio and I have painted here many times, in each season of the year. It's a source of inspiration on many levels and has been the subject of some of my most sucessful landscape paintings.