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| Peace at the Sandburg Goat Farm colored pencil on paper 7in x 5in copyright 2013 Rose Welty |
In the last year I visited Carl Sandburg's home near Asheville NC. He was an American poet - I remember learning his poem "Fog" in grade school. His estate has extensive grounds. His wife raised championship goats - this goat barn continues to house descendants of her herds.
It was very peaceful the evening we walked around the grounds. The estate has many trees and walking paths - it gives you that lovely sense of gentle still air in a beloved forest.
This drawing reflects that sense of peace. I found a line in one of Sandburg's poems that I thought fit with what I was trying to achieve:
Almost we thought from nowhere but it was the silence,
the future,
working.
-- Carl Sandburg from "The Answer"
2 comments:
This is beautiful. The simple shapes and the tonal quality of the colors work together very well to create the sense of peace you're after.
Thanks Magge - i was hoping that, it's encouraging to hear!
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