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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Cat Painting coming along and I need a match

I have started another cat painting and it is coming along nicely.  Not sure how many cat paintings I will do but I have always loved the look in their eyes, especially the domestic ones.  They seem to live with us and apart from us.  At one vet visit I was fascinated by the way one resident cat kept looking at us and then jumping down from the desk only to jump back up a few minutes later.  Always on the prowl.  They are a great subject for expressionistic work.

It has been so cold lately that my husband said he saw a thermometer outside ask for a match!  I guess that would be the only way of getting the mercury to rise.  Of course, our system has sprung a leak when the news is full of stories about extremely overworked plumbers.  The part we have been waiting for is here but no plumber.  We are emptying buckets around the clock.  Oh well!  We still have heat so we can't complain too much.

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MORE CAT FACTS

Cats can drink sea water to re-hydrate themselves

Cats sleep  for 70% of their lives

Cats instinctually imitate the hiss of snakes.


A cat’s whiskers are normally as long as the cat is wide, helping it determine if it can fit into certain spaces!

A genetic study concluded that every domesticated cat in existence could be traced back to a group of only five African Wildcats from the Middle East, circa 8000 BC!