With apologies to Edvard Grieg, I bring you our own homegrown Mountain King....
Oh wait, before I get to that, if you read my previous post, "House for Sale: 2bd 2 ba,ac, grt view, mtn man installed..." I thought you'd like to take a look at the charming little house I told you about...
Wait, sorry, wrong one. Vision from another life. I spent about five years writing for that show, but that's a whole nuther story...make that stories.
I meant THIS little house, my ex's new place, the one that came with the mortgage and a mountain man, plus a lotta chicken poop.
Nice, huh? But wait, there's more...turn that around and here's the view I mentioned.
Worth a little bird crap, don't you think?
But I digress...again. Where was I? The mountain man, inspiration for my series of drawings celebrating another generation, Brokaw's Lost Generation, the faces of a collective wisdom we need to treasure. Finally finished his portrait. And here he is...
What a face. And what a life! We're such a transient bunch nowadays. How many people stay in their home more than a few years, much less grow roots and become part of the landscape?
I don't think I can put my mountain man aside and move on to the next in the series, not just yet. As much as he's seen in life, his boots took him every step of the way. The boots he now has hanging on his fence, split and sun dried, a work of art all by themselves.
A sneak peek...
Are they cool or what?
More to come. Comments below...talk to me!
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Thanks, TJ. Always good to hear nice things about my work! BTW, I'm following the comments on Blog Tyrant - I like your avatar. Doesn't look like a dagger, it says “power.“ Nothing wrong with that!