Austin Hollow
        I was out on seventh street where it turns into
gravel and goes out west of Carrolton. Standing in the
back of my pickup surveying the cloudy sky and the
crack of light angling down, here comes a jogger.
If I want a neat scene, I should come and take
a look, she says.

             Yesterday Tuesday my teacher friend
gave me directions to a winding gulley in her back
forty "rain forest." That's what it seemed like to me.
Of course I wore my long-sleeved work shirt and pants.
But she fitted me up with her husbands' mud boots,
deer hide gloves, and a pruner. Sprayed down good
with bug spray. I drove back in the long dry grass,
down to the tree edge, supplies slung on my shoulder
walked down past thorns and down to a moist creek
bed. What a canopy going up up up. I can see why
you wipe down your easel legs now, as the points
sunk into the mud. Well, I did a couple 8 x 10 studies,
gathering as much information on one piece, 

             Also, captured a natural diagonal of light.
Now I see why alot of plein air works have a sloppiness
to them. Green is hard enough to mix as it is. It took
alot of patience to keep the strokes clean. It was
steamy and my glasses fogged up. I will probably
return to this site. It seems you can find something
to paint any time of day.
        
                austin hollow1
                Hollow #1    7" x 10"     paint on panel


                Austin Hollow2
                 Hollow #2     7" x 10"  paint on paint

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