It’s time to go back to Domeland. The wilderness area no one’s heard of tucked between places that sound vaguely familiar. I have to dig deep to recall exactly where it is...somewhere near Brigadoon, I think.
What I do remember
is its beauty and wildness—and the fun we had—the four amigos. I still laugh
remembering as one of our hiking party—who shall remain nameless—high stepped
like a cartoon character, legs-a-spinning as he hightailed it down the trail
away from a very pissed off rattlesnake who’s sunning was disturbed. Funny?
Yes, if you weren’t the one running.
Domeland feels like
a secret place where somehow you’ve been lucky enough to gain entrance. You can
hear yourself breathe there and feel the spirit of the place—its trees, rocks,
and wildlife.
From a painter's
perspective, the Domeland is a Maxfield Parrish painting. It’s saturated and
oozing and dripping with color and contrast.
So, what to paint
next? I had one more of those special canvases I fell in love with and an image
of the sun first lighting the meadow—the perfect subject. I broke out the new
brushes and acrylics, in hopes of achieving rich and brilliant color pushed to
the point of surreal—just like I like it!
This painting is
early in the process, not much more than an underpainting—so together we’ll see
where this goes.
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