Blue Ridge Parkway Artist, More People Paintings, and Just to be a Fruitcake...

Blue Ridge Parkway Artist

 

Here are two of my favorite Alan paintings of the first Birthday party he attended.  The guest of honor was two years old.  Alan jumped up an down when he saw all the toys to play with!

Birthday Party or A Child's View    Original 25" x 40" Oil Painting    $10,000

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"Birthday Party" or "A Child's View" is a painting done from a photograph I took at a two-year-old's party. I have often been asked why the title is "Birthday Party" since there are no balloons, cake, etc.

The two-year-olds were involved in parallel play and I wanted to paint something that showed the viewer how that age group sees the world. Since they are usually on the floor playing by themselves their view is oftentimes hands and legs of adults hence the second title.

Birthday Party or A Child's View    Original 25" x 40" Oil Painting    $10,000

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The Rest of the Party is a companion painting. Birthday Party or A Child's View is the other painting of this wonderful event.

I had never heard of a Birthday party for two-year-olds before this one.

My son had such a great time there.  The first painting has parallel play with-in the context of adult hands and feet. This one focuses of the interaction between the adults and toddlers.

 

 

Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler

My husband says a lot of strange things. That is putting it mildly.  Anyway the other day he said he was going to make a peanut butter pie sandwich.  He said that because he uses rice cakes instead of bread.  I told him we didn't have any pie to make a sandwich with. 

He said he was going to make one anyway. 

I said he was going to make a peanut butter sandwich pie because he is a fruit cake.

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Cloud Swirl over The Peaks of Otter    Original 18"x24" Oil Painting    $864

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Color Swirl    Original 20" x 24" Oil Painting    $670

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I hope you enjoyed my portraits by an artist of The Blue Ridge Parkway!

Pleased to sell a large print of Mid-Spring on the New River and The Sixth Drip...

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I am so pleased to sell a large metal print of Mid-Spring on The New River!  This is one of my favorite oil pastel paintings.  I am especially pleased with all the nuances of green that emphasize this special time of the year in the New River Valley.  It isn't summer yet so a lot of the greens are not as bright as they will be.


BISSET PARK RADFORD VIRGINIA


This pastel was done from a photograph I took of the New River from Bisset Park in Radford, VA.  I have walked the trails at the park countless times with my family and on my own.  I love to watch the rapids and my naturalist husband, Clyde, is always on the look out for bird and butterfly populations.  I especially like to watch the many different colors of light filtering through the leaves and reflecting off of the water.

The New River is actually one of the world's oldest rivers and there are many fascinating stories about it.  It is a very dangerous river and legend has it the Native Americans call it the river of death.  Many years ago when I was teaching at Radford University, two boys swam across it near the Dedmon Center and drowned.  It looks so peaceful but the rapids and strong currents are not to be tangled with.


FUNNY STUFF
On a much lighter note, as usual, I decided to tease my husband.  Due to the very cold weather right now we are letting our faucets drip very slowly at night so the pipes won't freeze.  I almost always have to get up at night to go the bathroom and my husband often wakes up at that time.  I told him the faucets were leaking and he would have to get busy and fix them.  All five of them were dripping.

His reply was, don't you mean six?
Okay, I don't mean you, just the faucets.

I don't really think of my husband as a Drip.  Just like to goad him.

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL NEW RIVER

The New River is between 10 and 360 Million years old. It is one of the world's oldest rivers and is the oldest river in The US.

It flows from south to north.  Only a few rivers in the world have this unique feature, including the Nile.

Mary Draper Ingles was an American pioneer and early settler of western Virginia. She was abducted by Indians and later escaped, making a harrowing trek over hundreds of miles of rough terrain to return home. She followed the Ohio and New River. She was born in 1732 and died in 1815.

The Long Way Home Drama ran from 1971-1999.  There is talk to bring back this wonderful outdoor historical play! 

The first commercial rafting trip took place in 1968.  The Dragan brothers started it when they founded Wildwater Unlimited.

The New River was designated a national river in 1978 and an American Heritage River in 1998.

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Kendall Expressions Still Stumbling and Lead Foot...

Lion Explosion and Galloping Red are still stumbling on Stumpleupon.com.  Galloping Red is getting way more hits than Lion Explosion but the hits per day are increasing on Lion Explosion.  It is great to see my work looked at by so many people and it is especially pleasing that this is happening with two works from my new series, Kendall Expressions. 

 I see continual change in my approach to my own type of Expressionism with each new painting and I look forward to starting the next one the day after Christmas.  I am forcing myself to take a break and enjoy the Holiday but that does not mean I am taking a break from promoting my work online.  Workaholics are hopeless.  As my mother always said, some people are not happy unless they are miserable.  I prefer to think of my work as what keeps me going.

Be sure to check out my Special Features on Fine Art America!  All prints have a thirty day money back guarantee including shipping! 40% off regular price!

My husband has a new name for all the tail gators that drive him crazy to and from work.   He calls them Lead Foot Lame Brain drivers.  One of these days I swear one of them will just drive on and over my car and keep going.  Where is the fire?