Introducing the series Road Trip 2007
My cousin and I have traveled life together since we were children. We spent summers on her parents ranch where we ran barefoot in the sun, shared all our secrets and giggled under the covers at night until our mothers told us to hush up and go to sleep. They were still telling us the same thing to our teenage years. And so it continues. She has just returned from a trip to the East Coast, cross country from ocean to ocean and I have "traveled" with her via e-mail and photos. I would like to share her trip with you as she shared it with me. I hope you will enjoy my paintings of the Road Trip With GG as much as I have. Yes, we still share our secrets and giggle into the night. Some things will never change.
I have been celebrating the Holidays and now to work. I created a larger picture just for a change as I get ready to start painting everyday.
This little girl just had a bad spill on a steer and she was not very happy. She is limping back to the shutes to think things over. Maybe riding steers is not such a great idea, maybe roping would be more fun. We will see.
9"x12" oil on gesso board unframed, $225.00 and I always frame pictures if the customer wants it for an additional fee. Postage prepaid.
GG's 2007 Road Trip
When Ed Mabry built his water powered mill in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia in the early 1900s how could he possibly imagine that Mabry Mill would become one of the most photographed places in the United States! There are other restored buildings on site including a sorghum mill, a working blacksmith shop and a whiskey still, but the mill is the the star. The mill, the mill pond and even the ducks that swam out onto the water to complete the picture seem almost unreal it is so perfect.
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6"x6" gesso board unframed. $97.00 postage prepaid
GG's Road Trip 2007
Driving across the country there are many touches of the whimsical in the small towns and farms along the road, such as the red white and blue 1940s pick up proudly parked in the middle of a field in Texas, farm equipment as sentinels on the top of a hill in Kansas, an old scarecrow with a top hat but nothing to guard in Missouri. This is one of my favorites. In a field by the entrance to a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains sits this old red John Deere with a load of red geraniums. A touch of whimsey, a statement, a tip of the hat to a well used item, whatever, it makes us smile in acknowledgment as we pass.
6"x6" on gesso board unframed. $97.00 postage prepaid.
This picture of a young man thinking about his strategy for the upcoming event is all consuming and he will make a good ride because the competition is where his heart is and Good Luck.
6"x12" gesso board, unframed on a cradle of 2". This picture can be placed on a shelf or hung. $97.00 postage prepaid.
I have been away from my blog for awhile but I am back. A new picture is unvailed 12/6/07.
The enclosed picture is my cousin GG and Hazel a great friend at the Open Studio and they have been perusing the pictures on display. We all had a great weekend and met a lot of real nice people.
GG and I have a wonderful new series planned starting the first of the year and I am anxious to get started.
