I took this picture today in Nevada City with my new cell phone camera. I love this phone. I thought I'd never like a cell phone so much, but it's easier to text and the camera is a 3.0 megapixel. The phone is an LG enV3. Technology. Wow. I've been playing with my phone so much I haven't blogged several posts that I have pictures for....I promise, I'll catch up!
I was in Auburn taking a water sample in (apparently drinking water from a 500' well isn't safe enough unless someone tells you it is) and I drove past this most beautiful bronze sculpture. The photograph doesn't do this justice, but all I can say it I really couldn't breath when I saw it. I then noticed across the road was this artist's gallery and work place. His name is Douglas Van Howd. I went in there and spent quite a bit of time talking with the girl at the desk and manhandling his bronzes. He also is a painter and I suspected he was an Art Center graduate. He went to the "old" Art Center in Los Angeles in the 50's (I graduated from the "new" AC in Pasadena in '83). Anyway, it was such a thrill to be in the presence of this man's work. I also got info on some drop-in drawing classes which I'll do when we get more settled. Anyway, this particular sculpture is so beautiful ~ what a talent!!
Again the early-morning sun was generous with its warmth. All the sounds dear to horsemen were around me ~ the snorts of horses, the swish of their tails, the tinkle of irons as we flung the saddles over their backs ~ little sounds of no importance, but they stay with us in the unconscious library of memory.
~ Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
