Passages on the Mississippi River
- Oil on Ampersand Gessobord
- 48″ x 24″, diptych
- $7900
- Limited Edition Giclée Print on archival paper, 24″ x 12″ image size – $395, plus shipping
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I grew up not far from the Mississippi River. It’s an awesome river, beautiful, powerful and dangerous. The Mississippi continues to be heavily used, abused by some, but for me, a symbol of adventure and freedom.
The photos in the still life represent generational passages. They are of myself and one of my sisters, Deana, as young girls; our grandmother, Henrietta, and our grandchildren. We’re all in front of the same viewpoint found in Riverview Park in Hannibal, MO.
There is a fish fossil being uncovered in the foreground near the turkey feathers. A variety of insects are in the still life mix and the male red winged blackbird courts the female while an eagle soars overhead through voyaging clouds. The full moon rises in the east.
