Thursday, April 5, 2012

Prairie Dragon

Prairie Dragon image 8.5x14.5 matted &framed approx 15x21
This painting is done from photos of a massive prairie field burning for many, many miles the first summer we returned to our farm. I was able to capture many images and then lost the files in my computer, only to find them in hardcopies in a file in my studio.  The golden grain against the blue sky and purple/grey of the smoke is difficult to imagine. The horror of losing the crops and yet the spectacle is awesome and breathtaking.

1 comment:

  1. Jean, this has to be one of my all-time favorites! It's just marvelous! The color, the composition, the intensity of the field, PLUS the history of the circumstances...amazing!!

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