Shelly’s Farm & Junk for Joy
Waxahachie Once Again 2019
It’s getting hard to find the subjects that I love to paint the most in Waxahachie! Down by the train station there are huge machines and signs that say “Capital Improvement” etc., Essentially they have ripped up the wooded area along the old train tracks that I love to paint. So, I spent one day at Shelly Campbell’s acreage and painted an old barn left by the previous owner who raised and trained hunting dogs. The spring foliage is so vibrant. It kind of turned into a painting of a fence and it’s shadows. Everything reflected the ambient green from the ground! What do people do that don’t paint?
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
When you hear Waxahachie, you think antique stores and Gingerbread houses. The reflections on the windows and the collections within are just wonderful. Maybe they do not qualify as “fine art” subjects, but I love them. I cannot walk through any of them without memories of my grandmothers cabinets, something that my mother loved or something that Aunt Lily used to serve Sunday dinner.. An old trunk a tiered table for whatnots, the old office chairs, etc. I try not to be overcome too often by these sentimental moments as my house would soon look more like an antique store that it does! this one is a “two-dayer” not finished!
