” Reverie ” 9 X 12 oil on Ray Mar Panel
A few months ago, we were treated to a world class concert by musicians Dennis Cahill and Martin Hayes. Fiddle, guitar, Irish Folk and Try To Sit Still music. Hypnotic and contagious, I was taken with Dennis’ focused, calm intensity.
Working from a photograph taken that night by the talented Ted Davis of D & D Studio, St. Croix, I tried to capture that mood. Thanks Ted.
How it began:
Ted’s photo, my sketch.
I like the unfinished, under worked quality of the piece. As hard as it is sometimes to lay down the first brush stroke, it’s often as hard to know when to lay down the dang brush and call it done.
These characters always know when to call it done. It’s usually after a snack, before a snack, after a walk, before a walk, and when we’re in the bed.
Cloud has her own particular Reverie and it often looks like this:
Asheville: The North West of The South East 