New Horizons
8 x 10 inches
Oil on Panel
“But I’m never gonna lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cause I know I’m going to find my own peace of mind
Someday
On the wind
Soaring free
Spread your wings
I’m beginning to see…”
– excepts of the lyrics from “New Horizons” by the Moody Blues
This song is the inspiration for this painting and has always been a favorite of mine. My Dad listened to the Moody Blues a lot, so these songs shake loose childhood memories for me. I was missing my Dad when I came up with the idea for this painting and I wanted to spend some time with music that reminds me of him. This song makes me feel grateful for him. He gave me so many precious gifts – his time, his patient listening, sound advice, and love. I chose a series of photos from the ridge of a mountain that I took on a hike a couple of years ago as my starting point. The colors in photos like that are never right – it’s a ghost of what it really looked like. That’s the amazing thing about a painting. You can adjust the painting so that the colors are more like the human eye perceives them. I wanted to capture the feeling of standing on the mountain looking out toward the ocean, surrounded by beautiful rare plants and birds.
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