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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"
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.
ReplyDeleteThanks Magge - i was hoping that, it's encouraging to hear!
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