The Gift
by Marilyn Smith
Original - Sold
Price
$750
Dimensions
14.000 x 17.000 inches
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Title
The Gift
Artist
Marilyn Smith
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
This watercolor painting began as a desert still life
but evolved into a nature scene with a pair of roadrunners sharing a lizard.
I like to think the male roadrunner brought the lizard
to the female as a gift.
The clay pottery is from my patio garden and it is filled
with many succulents that have been growing rapidly.
The old wooden wheel is a piece that I have had in my
collection of hard to part with things from the past!
My son found a pair of old wheels in a neighboring field
when he was very young and I have kept them with me
wherever I have landed ever since.
You can still see bits of red paint on the wooden
rim and the seam where it was put together so many years ago.
I have always had a fondness for the adobe structures
of the Southwest and felt this arrangement just needed
a cracked wall with lots of texture to show off
the plants and the old wheel.
I have taken a few photographs of roadrunners around
the area so I felt they just needed to be part of this arrangement also.
It is my first time including them in my art.
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May 15th, 2014
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Comments (58)
Gull G
“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” Frida Kahlo.... Congratulations on your recent sale of an amazing work.
Nikolyn McDonald
Raised in New Mexico, I have always been enchanted by road runners. Such a beautiful painting, Marilyn. Congratulations on your win in the WFS in-group Wagons contest this week.
Hanne Lore Koehler
Marvelous painting of this lovely scene, Marilyn!!! Congratulations on your WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY In-house Contest Win! L/F
Priscilla Burgers
What a wonderful painting! Congratulations on you win in WFS's in-house contest, Wheels.
Randy Rosenberger
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you for winning our PHOTO to match Our "In House" photo contest TOPIC for this week's entries! You have done a superlative job, on the matching of your lovely photo, with the relevancy of the SUBJECT GIVEN! I am very happy for you and proud of your great accomplishments! Check out our HOMEPAGE, and the winning entries are just below SUPER FEATURES, AND JUST ABOVE REGULAR FEATURES! Forever, Elvis http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Marilyn Smith replied:
Thanks so much Randy for letting me be one of the winners in the contest this week for "Wheels"! It is a true honor to be chosen.
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