"Distant Thunder"
Andrew Wyeth
1961
When I first saw this painting, I had
a moment of quick recognition---"it's me!" Lying in a field on a sunny day, a dog
nearby, binoculars for bird watching, a book, NAPPING. Hello me!
It's actually Betsy, the wife of Andrew
Wyeth. I wish I could have known her---she and I
would get along!!
The patches of sunlight are amazing ... Not even there in the instagram you sent around. she looks like she would have been a fine person to know, right? (like you)
ReplyDeleteYes, the patches of sunlight! My eyes went instantly to them. I wondered about the first image I had--it just didn't seem to look like Andrew Wyeth to me. So I researched it to make sure it was authentic, and that's how I found the actual painting. She does seem like a fine person---the best of me.
ReplyDeleteI've got a blurb Andrew Wyeth wrote about this painting on another blog I started today which I'm dedicating to my favorite artworks. It's called Bread and Syrup :) BreadandSyrup.blogspot.com
This post made me happy. It IS you and I love you!
ReplyDeleteThanks, darling---I love you too!!
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