This pastel has traveled extensively…within my family. It’s hard for me to believe I drew this thirty years ago. I know because I just got a high school reunion letter in the mail this summer for the 30th reunion this autumn and I made this in my senior year. For years it hung above the piano in my parent’s livingroom of the house they built and raised six children in Pa.; then it hung above the piano in their condo for a few years until my parents moved into an assisted living facility and there was no room for it. Now it hangs in my livingroom in SC, a reminder of my dad who liked it so much. But I also think of the three horses symbolizing my three children and the race through life we have been on together. Of course, I didn’t know when I made it that I would have three children but that is the meaning I have attached to it through the years, appreciating their wild, free, and strong spirits – and I hope the splashes they make on their journeys in life will be as beautiful as they are!
Snippets and Snatches 