Sunset Splendor
14” X 10.5”
Acrylic on a reclaimed cabinet door
The car was loaded to the brim with gear and we were hauling
a heavy trailer. We had to take it easy on the curves and hauling it up the hill
out of town was slow business. We were on our way to a work event in Boulder,
Utah where we were expecting more than 85 people. We’d been preparing for this celebration
event for months.
A long way from
anywhere, Boulder sits in some beautiful country, near Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Our route took us through a section of
Capitol Reef National Park just as the sun was going down. Talk about luck—the
colors were spectacular! Fortunately, I wasn’t the one driving at the time and
was able to grab a couple of photos with my phone while in transit.
It was just the “awe” we needed after being on the road for
several hours. The day had started early, with packing our gear and supplies
into the funky rented trailer with a stubborn sticky door. Though we wouldn’t
arrive in Boulder until well after dark, it was just the lift we needed to get
us the rest of the way there.
This is an odd size because it is painted on an old
cabinet door, one of several given to me by an artist friend who had the
great idea to upcycle them for paintings, but didn’t want to move them to
Oregon with her. Because of the door’s construction, this piece has a natural
frame on it. I’m running low on these, but fortunately found some more at a
yard sale last year, so I can continue this series. Stay tuned...
