Last night while I was reading through some of my favourite blogs I was reminded of Sir Edwin Landseer's stunning painting "The Monarch of the Glen". A friend of mine has a print of this work hanging in her hall and I love looking at it, in fact it moves me to tears (those, I'll never be able to paint like this tears), even in the print you can see the delicate work that goes into sculpting the stags face and yet it is a powerful painting positively oozing with testosterone. Landseer painted a lot of deer on the hills of Scotland and I was actually looking for another of one with hinds on the hillside but sadly haven't found it. Wyoming artist Gary Keimig is planning a painting of a herd of deer he and his wife found when on their journies. And this is what made me think of Landseer, wish I could have found the painting with the hinds to show Gary how Landseer tackled it but I'm looking forward just has much to see Gary's rendering of the subject. The other painting is also a Landseer at it is of a Newfoundland which he is also well known for depicting. In fact the dog's are also know as Landseer dogs.Well I'm off to do a wee landscape as Aberfeldy will be needing images for the Spring Exhibition Catalogue next week and I'm also planning a large mares and foals painting (which will take a bit longer)....must be Spring fever setting in..lol. I actually was supposed to up at Perth today but had a change of plans when Mr B's horse Do It For Dalkey was entered by Lucinda to run at Sedgefield this afternoon, finger's crossed for him but more importantly a safe return.
Thanks as always for looking in and have a great day where ever you are.
This guy was causing great commotion amongst the other birds particularly the crows. He's a huge buzzard, I've been trying to photograph him for weeks and typically when I've got my camera he's too far away to snap. Take my word for it he's magnificent to see up close. The reason the crows were getting so hot and bothered as yesterday he nabbed one of them, swiped it clean of the hedge it was sitting on...warned Spike and Josh to stay close lol.
Was still in the doldrums this morning when I woke, can't think where this has come from but whatever it is has had me in a black mood these last few days. Not in a grumpy way just like something is weighing you down, squeezing your heart...winter blues, hormones don't know but after wiping out three try's at a painting yesterday I decided today a long walk was in order. Been a lot milder off late but this morning we have dropped back to minus five with a wind chill of much lower. So with camera slung round my neck, collars zipped up, hat pulled down and gloves on I marched along the country walk, determined to shift the black cloud....with two rather disgruntled wee dogs tagging along in my wake, they don't like to be hurried, you can't smell and hurry. Read somewhere that walking is one of best aids for lifting your spirits, have to say they could be right, still not a hundred percent but do feel a little brighter. Well I will when or if I ever get feeling back into my face lol. Camera helped too I find I relax when I'm shooting away......took these on my 'march', my favourite has to be the bottom one of the wee sparrow, he looks a bit like how I feel....smile.
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