Painting on location waterfalls, streams, RIVERS. BUT THE LAST PAINTING WILL HANG ON MY WALL WITH ALLTHE OTHERS THAT HAVE A STORY.
SO MANY OF MY TRAVELS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED BY MY PAINTINGS . THEY HAVE STORIES ATTACHED TO THEM. MOSTLY WHEN AND WHERE BUT A FEW HAVE STORIES ATTACHED THAT ARE NOT EVIDENT BY THE PAINTING'S APPEARANCE. LOOK AT THIS ONE. DOWN THE STREAM ARE PEOPLE. AS I WAS PAINTING, I REALIZED THERE WAS A CHILD SCREAMING NOT WITH HAPPY JOY BUT FEAR. I BEGAN TO RUN TOWARD HER. HER DAD WAS HOLDING ANOTHER CHILD AND TOO FAR TO HELP THE CHILD WHO HAD WANDERED TOO FAR FROM HIM TO HELP HER.. SHE WAS BEING PUSHED BY THE RUNNING WATER AND COULD NOT RIGHT HERSELF IN RELATIVELY SHALLOW WATER. AS I REACHER HER, I TRIED TO COAX HER TO WALK AT A DIAGONAL.. I WAS TOO HIGH TO STEP INTO THE WATER. AS I LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO ENTER AT A LOWER LEVEL, A WOMAN WHO I HAD SPOKEN TO EARLIER, CAME RUNNING WITH A BETTER IDEA...SHE WAS CARRYING A BRANCH. SHE ALSO PLUNGED INTO THE WATER TO HELP THE CHILD.. I WAS ABLE TO REACH THE WOMAN AND FORM A WAY TO GET BOTH TO THE BANK, I LEARNED HER NAME WAS MARIE AND AN ARTIST AND PROFESSOR. THE CHILD 'S NAME I AM AFRAID LEFT MY MIND AS SOON AS I HEARD IT.. QUITE AN AFTERNOON.