Overlook

Like she has for each of the last ten years, VSO competed in the Escalante Canyons Art Festival's plein air competition. And, like she has for about eight of the past ten years, she took home an award. This year, it was for a painting she called "Overlook" (pictured above). The painting was purchased by a collector on the spot, so it never made it to the wall of The Homestead. Which is disappointing. But, on the other hand, when you're married to one of the best painters in the state, you never lack for fine art to enjoy by the fire each night. (Yeah. I'm bragging. But, the need to bathe in reflected glory is a common affliction of the talentless.) In any case, this week she has been channeling Maynard Dixon on a series of dramatic oil sketches of Wildcat Point. They are aggressive. There is no other way to put it. I'm looking forward to what she does with the final product.