When we were in Tennessee I took numerous photographs as we drove around the State and this is one scene that caught my eye. I don't remember exactly where it is, but I think somewhere on the Cumberland Plateau. I have actually painted this picture twice, once on a board I prepared myself, but I hated working on that surface so I decided to do it again on a recycled piece of Pastelmat which had previously held a failed painting that I had washed off.

It's been quite a time since I posted anything here, due to visitors and other distractions, which included a visit to Fairfield Glade in Eastern Tennessee to check it out as a retirement destination. We loved it there and are working towards getting there within the next two years. One of the many appealing aspects for me was the fact that they have a thriving Art Guild which is run by the residents. They have monthly exhibits of work done by members which are held in the great facility they have there, which also includes studio space and has workshops and all sorts of interesting things going on. I'm very excited about it.

This piece is from a photo I took of the Sandhill Cranes that regularly strutted past the rear of our home when we lived in Florida, and I am going to enter it into the Annual 4th July Show here in Chelmsford this year.