I keep liking the first image more and more. The last has the general air of an apparition, but I can’t get the magic wand out of my mind.

I bought acrylic paints on Saturday (my oils will have to wait till I can take lessions) and tried painting the second image. I started with a brownish underpainting and then put on blue dots. It looks ridiculous. But I will persevere trying to get the marble effect.

The first image tugs on my emotions, the second image excites my intellect and the third image appeals for reasons that I still have to find out about.

Seriously, the second image neatly encompasses the three elements that we often discuss: a refracted bottom, a wavy surface and a reflection or two.
In this case the reeds in the patch of reflections, all over an absolutely perfect background which could be sand or a piece of polished marble, puts me in mind of a presentation that one might find at a four star restaurant. All I can say is “Bravo” and my compliments to the chef.

But this is not what I said in the dumped paragraph.

Thanks for reminding me of Andy Goldsworthy. I had forgotten his name.

I watched a couple of his ephemeral engineering feats on YouTube. I would like to visit Scotland some day.