Mark Keathley's
Newfound Memories
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"Introducing, Newfound Memories -- a painting
commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountain National
Park. I had been to Newfound Gap last October when the fall
colors were eye popping and happened to take several photos. What a place!
But as usual, the photos just didn't capture the scene. And to my slight
irritation, neither did the painting I did. Yeah it was a nice painting, but
it lacked the grandness that was in my memory. So I tried again... painting
another 24x30 painting... determined to make this one work. Well, midway
through, I was comparing the two, and asking visitors to my studio which
they liked better. One afternoon, we had them sitting side by side and
"Wow!" There it was! The two paintings fit together like one. (I had to make
a few minor adjustments, but together it captured it! Because of this, we
are releasing 3 prints from these two paintings. One "Left", one "Right" and
one Panorama of "Newfound Memories"... one of the most famous vistas
in the park going over the pass from Tennessee to North Carolina.
I couldn't resist adding a touch to show that the painting was done to
commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the formation of the Smoky Mountain
National Park. The tree near the turkeys has GSM emblazoned with a 75
right below that and NP below the 75."
- Mark Keathley
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Newfound Memories III -
Panorama
18x45
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Newfound
Memories I
24x30
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Newfound Memories II
24x30
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