No prettier place have I seen than that of Palo Duro Canyon near\u00a0Canyon, Texas. My few days here this week have been marvelous!
\nWhen I was twelve years old, I set eyes on the canyon for the first time. I went with my family to the melodrama TEXAS. Oh, how I have always loved seeing this melodrama over and over again throughout the years.
\nMy trip to Palo Duro Canyon this time\u00a0was to paint and just enjoy the solitude of the canyon. To be able to start my day in the canyon and end my day in the canyon was an exciting adventure! On my \u00a0first evening, I arrived after dark so I missed the sunset. Dang it! I\u00a0was so\u00a0looking\u00a0forward to\u00a0my first morning, as\u00a0I jumped out of bed at 7:30 A.M., had a quick cup of coffee and grabbed\u00a0my protein drink. Quickly, I\u00a0pulled on my long-johns, jeans, boots and a sweat shirt, threw on my jacket, hat and gloves and went out to greet the six degree morning. The sun was right on schedule at 7:55 A.M.\u00a0causing a beautiful red-orange glow to peek over the horizon as it said, “Good Morning”, to me.\u00a0I felt I was greeted by the sunrise as a special guest of the canyon. The air was crisp, and my breath visible; as I stood in awe and looked across Timbercreek Canyon to the Spanish Skirts that I planned to paint later that day. Many times, as I fly in and out of The Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, I have viewed the canyon. It is most impressive from the air\u00a0when looking down on the gashes that branch off the main canyon. The view from\u00a0above\u00a0is\u00a0so awesomely different\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0ground level view. The aerial view is almost ugly, but the view from the rim is breathtaking and\u00a0so\u00a0beautiful. This particular morning, the\u00a0sunlight played off\u00a0 the rim throwing a warm glow on the sandstone cliffs. As I stood there shivering and taking in the view, I began to notice the Robins flying en masse out of the canyon. I believe they were headed to gather their food for the day\u00a0from the\u00a0nearby grain fields I had noticed on my drive out to the canyon. Being there\u00a0and\u00a0experiencing this beauty was exhilarating as well as humbling. It is my belief that God reshaped the land during the time of Noah after having\u00a0laid the foundations of the earth in place. Inspired by God,\u00a0the Creator of our Universe,\u00a0 I was there- in this spectacular canyon-\u00a0painting plein air\u00a0while sharing my artistic view on canvas. This has been one of my most treasured trips. Palo Duro Canyon is calling me back…to paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No prettier place have I seen than that of Palo Duro Canyon near\u00a0Canyon, Texas. My few days here this week have been marvelous!
\nWhen I was twelve years old, I set eyes on the canyon for the first time. I went with my family to the melodrama TEXAS. Oh, how I have always loved seeing this melodrama over and over again throughout the years.
\nMy trip to Palo Duro Canyon this time\u00a0was to paint and just enjoy the solitude of the canyon. To be able to start my day in the canyon and end my day in the canyon was an exciting adventure! On my \u00a0first evening, I arrived after dark so I missed the sunset. Dang it! I\u00a0was so\u00a0looking\u00a0forward to\u00a0my first morning, as\u00a0I jumped out of bed at 7:30 A.M., had a quick cup of coffee and grabbed\u00a0my protein drink. Quickly, I\u00a0pulled on my long-johns, jeans, boots and a sweat shirt, [ …<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[109,98,108,22,103,106,97,104,102,99,100,107,101],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plein-air","tag-boots","tag-canyon","tag-en-masse","tag-god","tag-noah","tag-painting-plein-air","tag-palo-duro-canyon","tag-sandstone-cliffs","tag-spanish-skirts","tag-texas","tag-texas-melodrama","tag-the-rick-husband-amarillo-international-airport","tag-timbercreek-canyon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranchpaintings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}