Some days there is too much to paint!
I was introduced to a little piece of heaven yesterday by a new painting buddy, Terry. I couldn't understand why he was so excited about showing us this particular spot. Now I know. There wasn't a direction you could turn without there being a subject for a sweet painting. It was beautiful!
It was also mindboggling.
How to edit any part of that scenery onto my itty bitty canvas was going to prove to be a challenge. I finally focused on the biggest tree at the end of the beaver pond on which we were standing (we actually were on a very old dam that is about 15 feet wide and thirty feet long). In order to fit this view onto my canvas I had to eliminate several spruce, a lot of beaver-cut logs, some bushes, a muskrat, two ducks, a Canada goose, a raven, four beavers and, uh oh, three mosquitoes. What I'm trying to tell you is, there were a lot of distractions!
Old Man, 5x7, oil on canvas
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Hi Sue. Loved it. Still have to gather Rex photos for you. He is in doggy heaven now.
Quilt plan is in my mind now. Just have to translate it.
Anita Boyter
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