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Newfound
Memories III
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Newfound
Memories I
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Newfound
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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 |
