Showing posts with label route 66. Show all posts
Showing posts with label route 66. Show all posts

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Americana series-9 mini snapshots of the USA

Working at an art supply distributor has its perks. I was able to score these 4 x 4 mini canvases as a discontinued deal for next to nothing, and I turned them into something! America is a diverse landscape that I have great appreciation for. I doubt just these nine paintings capture all of them, but here are my viewpoints of the landscapes of America. Notice I did not do a big city as these represent escapes to the beautiful American countryside. All of these painted with acrylics.

Starting from top left:
  • The covered bridge can be found many places, especially in rural America.
  • This is obviously O'ahu, but it is definitely an escape!
  • The southwestern desert has amazing saguaro cactus.
  • Lighthouses also can be found in many areas of America, including the Great Lakes.
  • Route 66 is the all American road.
  • The high desert regions of Native Americans is very sacred.
  • The mountains and lakes of the western USA hold a special place in my heart.
  • The Great Plains is our bread basket, usually not a destination but just as important to America.
  • The beach, which also can be the ocean, lakes or rivers that Americans escape to for recreation.

Noble Stag

Recently, I discovered that I have ancestry from Scotland of the Campbell clan. The particular relative was  from the Highlands and resided ...