Mark Keathley
Nature's Harmony is available in the following sizes:
20 x 24 / 24 x 30
I fell in love with the moss covered rocks and fallen logs that surround the
streams in the deep valleys of the Smoky Mountains. Tromping through the
woods is very exciting to me. Every turn of the stream has a new vantage
point that makes me go, "wow!" I haven't gotten to see any wild bears -- I
guess that is good -- but I did find these in a nearby wildlife habitat. The
old settlers cabin and split rail fence is still there today.... left over
from the days when the land was donated to the national parks service and
the last of the "old timers" lived out their days scratching corn out of
self cleared meadows. The woods have re-invaded the farm land and only this
small strip of land is left at this farm, but it made a beautiful location
to paint. Every time I see such a spot I wonder what kind of people could
survive so isolated and alone. But then I remember, they weren't alone.
Certainly, they had a large family, some unexpected visitors like the ones
in this painting, and a confident belief in their God and his claim, "I will
never leave you or forsake you," to take with them into the wilderness."
- Mark Keathley
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