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Introducing,
Newfound Memories -- a painting
commemorating the 75th anniversary of the
Great Smoky Mountain National Park. I had
been to Newfound Gap last October when the
fall colors were eye popping and happened to
take several photos. What a place! But as
usual, the photos just didn't capture the
scene. And to my slight irritation, neither
did the painting I did. Yeah it was a nice
painting, but it lacked the grandness that
was in my memory. So I tried again...
painting another 24x30 painting...
determined to make this one work. Well,
midway through, I was comparing the two, and
asking visitors to my studio which they
liked better. One afternoon, we had them
sitting side by side and "Wow!" There it
was! The two paintings fit together like
one. (I had to make a few minor adjustments,
but together it captured it! Because of
this, we are releasing 3 prints from these
two paintings. One "Left", one "Right" and
one Panorama of "Newfound Memories"... one
of the most famous vistas in the park going
over the pass from Tennessee to North
Carolina.
I couldn't
resist adding a touch to show that the
painting was done to commemorate the 75th
Anniversary of the formation of the Smoky
Mountain National Park. The tree near
the turkeys has GSM emblazoned with a 75
right below that and NP below the 75.
Click here to see a
larger version of the tree
- - Having too much fun!
- Mark Keathley
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