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May I Reach Heaven's Joys

5/21/2016

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3   20"x 20" oil on canvas
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I LOVE aspens...

So I decided to paint some large canvases full of aspen trunks with beautiful background colors.

The inspiration for this particular set of paintings came about last fall while walking through the  glorious golden yellow leaf hues in our own fall woods at home. It reminded me of the  autumn aspens up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado... It was also inspired by a yellow, gray and white striped serape blanket that I found at our neighborhood second hand store "The Purple Ostrich". I asked my daughter Anna to model for me while I took photos of her standing in the driveway with the blanket I bought for her.

Excited about this series, I got right to work and set them up on the floor leaning up against a couch in my studio. They were too large to put on an easel... After getting the first layer on, I had to stop painting and start work on some commissions. I leaned up the unfinished canvases in our little guest house and kind of forgot about them. A few months later we had a weekend guest who fell in love with the paintings and bought them. I think she would have taken them unfinished, but I insisted on working in the final layers.

I love them...she loves them... and I love this little story...

The title from the hymn "Be Thou My Vision".


5 Comments
laurie mueller link
5/23/2016 02:18:38 pm

Beautiful in every way, Karin....

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karin link
5/23/2016 09:05:55 pm

Thank you, Laurie... :)

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Thelma link
5/24/2016 11:06:07 am

They are stunning! Love your story too !

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karin link
5/24/2016 03:53:12 pm

Thank you, Thelma... I was just thinking about you today when a friend told me she had gone to Vancouver. I think it has been almost a year since I last wrote a gardening post on my blog, but your garden is as pretty as ever, and I always enjoy your gardening finesse!!! Have you done any more painting?

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Thelma link
5/26/2016 03:16:17 pm

I hope your friend enjoyed her trip! I miss reading your blogs, but I know how crazy life can be! I haven't done any painting; it is on my to do list; in the near future ...I hope. The garden is consuming a lot of time at the moment and my mom is living with me now, once we get into a good routine I'm sure I can get those brushes out :)




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