This seems to be my summer for painting bridges...I love the arches and the reflections, as well as the history. The one at top is just off 92 Highway in Tryst Falls Park--as you can tell from the name, it was a very popular meeting place in our area.
Because of the falls, there was a grist mill that utilized the power of water in the 1840s and 1850s...long since gone except for the lines carved into the limestone that show where it was.
The other three images are what's known in our town as Golf Hill Bridge, connecting our downtown valley where I live and the golf course and fine old neighborhood on the hill. It's in Isley Park Woods, a Missouri Natural Area, and beside a street known as Lover's Lane...are we seeing a trend here?
Joseph has been warm-water fly fishing while I sketch and explore...a lovely summer!
NOTE: I just got in touch with our Public Works department to find out more about the Golf Hill Bridge...it was built in 1914! Amazing it has weathered so many floods...
Those are outstanding, Kate. Looks so nice and peaceful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Donn, we've been having a wonderful summer.
DeleteYour sketches are so serene and peaceful. What a wonderful summer you two have been enjoying!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, we have--amazing weather just invites us out!
DeleteLovely work Kate.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peggy!
DeleteYou've captured the solitude of these old masterpieces. The average new bridge today just doesn't have it. You've found a great combination - fly fishing and sketching. Each of you take on an activity that requires patience and focus and mends the soul and both can be done at the same time at the same place. My problem - Wilma doesn't like fishing.
ReplyDeleteWell put, John. It really does facilitate a sketchers life to have a partner that has a complimentary pastime.
DeleteJohn, we have! Loving it...it's been good for both of us. We didn't realize he could fly fish and actually catch anything close to home. He does occasionally sketch with me, but this is a wonderful combination!
DeleteWilma needs a quilt shop nearby! :)
Beautiful work as always Kate! These sketches evoke a feeling of serene calm; I'm sure it was relaxing to sketch these. Seeing your Prang sketch box reminded me that I've been looking around eBay for some antique Prang watercolor tins; thinking about making a sketcher box using full pans. Again, wonderful paintings!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve, yes it was! And good luck with your search, I really love my old Prang box...makes me feel like a kid again.
DeleteLove the riff on arched bridges and reflections. Wonderful set, Kate.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marcia!
DeleteBeautiful pages!
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