The other exciting desert event of this week was on the Wednesday morning run with Mr. Pono the fuzz ball dog. We happened upon a very angry, rattling Mojave green. It is an unmistakable rattlesnake, because it does look quite green. I ran past it first, and fortunately I was able to corral the dog before he took too great of an interest in the coiled snake. I would have photographed it for you if it hadn't been so darn angry. I am also not a skilled enough photographer to photograph a rattling snake while holding an excited dog at the same time. I have shortcomings, you see.
Fresh off the easel:
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| "Last Light." Oil on board, 14 x 11 inches. ©Karine M Swenson 2011 |
4 comments:
Gorgeous Karine ! WOW !
Beautiful painting Karine! I can really feel the desert at dusk. Readers of your blog are probably relieved you didn't try and juggle dog, camera and angry rattle snake. What a thought!
It is Spring here and I wait to hear the call of the first Red Chested Cuckoo before I really know it is Spring. The cuckoos arrived two weeks ago.
Good luck with your open studio.
I am very relieved that you didn't try to photograph the rattling snake, you crack me up! When my husband and I were first married, we went for a hike at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, I saw the rattle of a snake go across my path just as I was about to step on it... I think I must have jumped a mile high! It was quite memorable! :)
Karine, this painting takes my breath away!!!! Absolutely beautiful!
Unfortunately I won't be attending this years open studio tours, but I will be visiting the H-Desert next spring, hope to see you then!!!!
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