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A trip to Folsom to visit my son and his family prompted a long morning walk by the river. Son by my side and cameras in hand we explored the rocks and the rivers edge. Finding a wonderful display of rocks below the moving river we began snapping pictures and climbing rocks to get a better perspective. Now reviewing the results of our excursion I find that between the two of us my photo box is a wonderful resource for additional paintings. How many times have we sat by a river bed just watching the flow of water as it moves down toward some unknown destination. For me it is a peaceful setting where I draw on wonderful memories.
River Roads
22 x 15
Watercolor
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With the winter so very cold and rainy I took brush to paper and portrayed what I imagined it must be like for city dwellers during this harsh 2011 winter. I complement the strong of heart who venture out in the coldest of times to go to work or to school. But soon we will have cherry blossoms and warmer weather and we will all thaw out, dry off and enjoy the pleasantries of spring .
Living in California, where we have been bathed with clear sunny warm weather, and listening to the news about the east coast snow storms it brought back old memories of cold frosty days. Now those memories are from when I was a child living in Boston so they are a bit frosty as well. Never the less, I seem to remember the park looking a bit like this and we, bundled up in five layers of clothes, would drag our "flyer" (a type of sled for those of you who don't know the name) up the hill and slid to the bottom. This continued until we were to wet and cold to try again. So home we went to a hot chocolate and a warm furnace. All of these memories whirled through my mind while painting this piece.
