Willard's Walkway This painting like so many of my paintings came from a photograph I had taken. This particular photograph was actually one of Evelyn around the time of her first birthday. One of these days I will paint her, but I don't think I could have the heart to sell it, so that would be the reason she has been omitted from this scene. This trail was near our house when we lived in Willard just outside of Topeka. Like you may have realized I have a thing for adding in my own sky and water, which is what I have done here. I also added in the lilies as well because they were not in bloom at the time this picture was taken. I'm glad they had been there at one point because this painting needed something to fill up it's left side since I took out the main subject. It wasn't until after I worked with the sky that I wanted to add water. I had the idea of an after rainfall scene where the sun is breaking through. There obviously was not water or rocks on the trail so I added that all in from my own preference. It takes me back to a time when I spent almost every waking moment with Evelyn and took her pictures weekly.
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