This painting needed to be larger than my typical 12 x 16” compositions. It is based on two earlier paintings I created within the Smoky Mountain series. Most of my landscapes are about the beauty, peace and mystery of nature. For me, this painting goes deeper. The summer of 2015, my family and I vacationed in the Smoky Mountains. The following year great devastation, loss of life, livelihood and forest was the result of careless actions taken by just a few people. Like it or not, every person’s actions matter. As I was painting Be A Guest, I felt the heaviness of the fires that have impacted so much of our west coast and many states recently. May we finally band together to care for each other and our planet.
Be A Guest
Watercolor on paper
22 x 30”
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