Aug 07 2012
Going Places
Imagine you are on a road trip, just sitting there like a knitting machine, and your driving husband pulls over and says “I thought you might want a picture of this”.
Wouldn’t that be grand and thoughtful? It is.
Trail Guy and I like to visit his sister in Lake Tahoe. (Hi Laurie!) On one such trip we were passing Kirkwood, and he pulled over so I could photograph this scene. Kirkwood Meadow is outside of Lake Tahoe (south east? south west? just plain southish?) It is a ski resort, but in October it looks like this:
Kirkwood Meadow, oil on wrapped canvas, 6×6″
There were several horses in the photos I took. I chose this one and scooted him to a better place. That tiny little horse ’bout done near kilt me off. I had to go paint some nice oversized oranges to recover. Must be a California artist way of getting over the trauma. . . gave me flashbacks to Put-My-Parents-in-the-Painting.
The painting was for several reasons: to see if it is a good subject for a larger painting, because I wanted to paint it, and as a gift for a generous friend who sends me a new book to read almost every month.
It is wonderful!! I have only seen Kirkwood covered with snow and ski bunnies!!! LOL!!! What a warm an serene painting, great job as usual. Hugs!
Mel
Thanks, Melissa! I’m still so amazed by that Trail Guy, noticing the scene and pulling over for me to take photos. (and the microscopic horse got repainted so many times it is a wonder he isn’t an inch thick!)