"Fiddler's" Glen A.K.A. Paradise Valley

Here's my two cents. 8x10, oil on canvas board.
As always, C&C greatly appreciated!

I started thinking about Paradise and all our talk of "Fiddling" and thought of the Fiddler's Green Legend: It is a mythical afterlife (Paradise) where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing (me and my brush!) and dancers who never tire. I changed it to Glen, because it is a valley.

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Comment by Linda L. Kano on July 12, 2014 at 16:23: I think this is great! Enjoy your trip!

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on July 12, 2014 at 16:00: Hi, Fay,
I wiped out the foreground grasses twice. Then the painting fell off the easel face first into the pallette, getting paint globs all over it! Scape and wipe were the name of the game on this one. I have to leave for a trip tomorrow, so I just finished as best I could, so I could post this before the 23rd. Thanks for taking a look at it and commiserating over the fiddle. ;-)

Comment by Fay Thomson on July 12, 2014 at 15:53: Hi Betsy, I can identify with your title "Fiddler's Glen"! I don't think I've ever scraped paint off before but had to this time! I love the colours in the foreground of your painting.

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on July 12, 2014 at 12:34: Thanks Silvana and Jeri. I don't know about enormous talent; I am just a struggling student. I did learn to be looser with the brush this time around. Every lesson builds skills here.

Comment by Jeri McDonald on July 12, 2014 at 11:49: Wow, the lighting is awesome! I love your style and brushwork. You have enormous talent.

Comment by Silvana M Albano on July 12, 2014 at 11:48: Betsy! It's beautiful! I specially like the sun glow. Wow! You have really done a great job!

Comment by Betsy Jenkins on July 12, 2014 at 11:00: Thanks Laura and Thomas! I got more paint on myself than on the canvas. I just sacrificed another favorite Tee shirt to the painting gods...