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Friday, September 2, 2016

#2 of 30: Despite All Odds

"Despite All Odds" - 9x12 - Oil on Birch Panel
"A pesar de Todo" - 23x30 - Oleo
UNFINISHED - SIN TERMINAR

While in Tahoe, we stayed in a place called Squaw Creek  in the Olympic Valley which is where the 1960 Winter Olympics were held. It has a very nice feeling with tons and tons of trails to explore in the summer. There's a gondola that goes up to the mountain top from where there are incredible vistas and  a  fair bit to do there.  There's a also a trail that takes you up which we wanted to hike but as it is quite difficult in some parts, we didn't have enough time to do this time.  This is called the Shirley Canyon Trail,  we did hike up to the waterfall where I found these rocks (and many other paintings!),  supposedly they are gorgeous covered in water but it is very dry and there was no water at all! Someone I talked to while painting said a month ago I would have been sprayed where I was standing and water almost to my feet. You could have not guessed it from what I saw. It never ceases to amaze me how these little trees grow literally in between the cracks, it always looks like they could never survive.....Again, this one needs a bit of TLC back in the studio but it is very close....

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En mi estadía en Tahoe, paramos en un lugar que se llama el Squaw Creek en el Valle Olímpico que es donde se hicieron las Olimpíadas de Invierno de 1960. Es una villa muy hermosa con muchos senderos para explorar en el verano.  Hay una góndola que va hasta la punta de la montaña, y hay también un sendero que te lleva ahí, teníamos intenciones de escalarlo pero como es bastante lejos  no tuvimos tiempo esta vez. Este sendero se llama el Sendero del Cañón Shirley y si escalamos un un tramo donde encontré muchos cuadros distintos para pintar. Elegí estas rocas que supuestamente son una catarata pero como está todo tan seco no había nada de agua! Una persona que paró a  hablar conmigo mientras yo pintaba me dijo que hace un mes yo hubiera estado mojada dónde estába parada y con agua casi hasta mis pies. Uno nunca se podría creer eso con lo que yo ví!  Siempre me maravilla como estos pequeños árboles crecen literalmente entre las piedras, parece imposible que puedan sobrevivir… De nuevo, este necesita un poquito de trabajo en el taller pero le falta poco...




2 comments:

  1. I took a photo of a little tree like this in Sedona. I think it is amazing too. :) Love the light on the rocks!

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    1. Thank you Sheila!! Yes, It's incredible how the grow with so little..... then some of the ones you have at home die from too much care! Having fun with the challenge?? I haven't had too much time to visit lots of sites yet...

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