"Quiet Stream"

20 x 16

This is from a photo of a stream in North Carolina. The stream runs through a field near Camp Ridgecrest. I took some photos while Kendall ran. What is it about streams? Kids love them. Kids paly in them all the time. I remember as a kid going to North Carolina for Christmas. We stayed at a cabin that had a small stream running near it. By the time the week was over me and my 3 brothers had all fallen into the stream at least once. And I remember it was really cold. So I am still drawn to streams and water.

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"In a Florida Jungle"

20 x 16

"Stopping by the Woods on the way to Orlando"

Whose woods are these

I think I know

His house is in

Orlando though.

My little truck

Must think it queer,

To stop without

A gas pump near.

I cut the motor

And open the door

And view with my camera

The woods before.

The only sound

The silent love

Of light wind

In the trees above.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep

And miles to go before I sleep.

My apologies to Robert Frost. This is why I am a painter and not a poet. But these woods are much the same as Robert Frost's woods. There just isn't any snow and there is no horse anymore. But I have tried to capture that same idea of woods being lovely, dark and deep. I hope I succeeded.

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