Rushing Stream

This painting was created as a demonstration for a group of students, but it represents something special.  The photo was taken on a trip back to see the special places of my early years. I spent a good part of my childhood in a cabin by this small rushing river.  I loved the music it made with the wind in the pines.  I would jump from stone to stone to get to the far side, or hunt for tadpoles in the marshier places.  Even now when I am near a crystal river I am transported back to a magical time in my past.