River Views

This blog was begun several years ago as a travel blog. There hasn’t been a lot of traveling done in the past couple of years and the blog posts have become less frequent. I felt that if I didn’t have photos of places to show, no one would be interested. This morning I was reminded that the title “Back Roads & Brushes” implies art, and the original intent was to post paintings and drawings of the places we’d been. And… this blog is also a way for me to stay in touch with a few special friends. So… here is a recent piece that reflects the title. I think.

Along The North Fork, 16×20, Acrylic (in progress)

As most of you know, health issues slowed our RV travels significantly and we settled somewhat “permanently” at an RV park northeast of Austin, Texas. One of the reasons we chose this place is the north fork of the San Gabriel River runs beside it. The park sits above the river and while we don’t have a view of it, a less than five minute walk takes us down to the bank. When we moved here, the river was almost dry due to drought conditions. Since then, we have seen it rise and fall (never to a threatening level).

Morning On The North Fork, 16×20, Acrylic (in progress)

 

I’ve begun working in acrylics and, in fact, The Mason Gallery in Mason, Texas took a couple of my acrylic paintings along with several gouache paintings to begin my tenure as one of their artists. (Mason is a 1 1/2 hour drive due west of us.) The paintings were 11×14 and the owner requested I work at 16×20 size. These paintings are in progress with the hope of getting them into the gallery.  Although they are  both works-in-progress, I thought I’d share them.