M is for Mountain Lion detail from Childhood Quilt Painting is a painting by Dawn Senior-Trask which was uploaded on August 26th, 2011.
M is for Mountain Lion detail from Childhood Quilt Painting
One late-winter morning when I was 9, I looked out the cabin window and saw a mountain lion stalking deer on the cliffs above the cottonwood draw. ... more
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Title
M is for Mountain Lion detail from Childhood Quilt Painting
Artist
Dawn Senior-Trask
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
One late-winter morning when I was 9, I looked out the cabin window and saw a mountain lion stalking deer on the cliffs above the cottonwood draw. Slowly swishing its long tail back and forth, it seemed to flow over the rocks silent, liquid and molten as sun-glowing honey. It soon disappeared among the thick trees, but the vision haunted me. The next day, I walked down to the stream banks, where I found the lion's big round tracks squished deep into the mud. Because Dad had told me that mountain lions rarely if ever attack people (which was true back then), I didn't feel afraid, exactly. But I had that strange feeling you get when someone may be watching you, but you don't know where they are. It felt like that mountain lion was everywhere -- behind every tree, at the top of every cliff, in the very air that I was breathing. I didn't see the lion again, though Dad surprised it sleeping under the big cedar by our door one morning, and through the years I've heard lions and found their tracks. But the special lion I saw has dwelled ever after in my drawings. This detail from the Childhood Quilt Painting is based on drawings I made at age 9 -- perhaps the same day I saw him, though he wasn't in a tree at that moment but among the cliffs. As you can see, I had observed deer all my life, struggling through deep snow or the icy creek. The jackrabbit, too, has always been one of my favorite winter friends.
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August 26th, 2011
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Comments (20)
Gloria Ssali
wow Dawn love this joyous image so beautifully created with the fun of snow and the wild countryside so perfect in composition and s endearing love it vote
Jeannie Rhode Photography
Hello Dawn, Sharing my Congratulations on your recent Feature in Wisconsin Flower and Scenery !
Randy Rosenberger
It is with great pride and pleasure that I am FEATURING your artwork this week on our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Homepage. Your work shows expertise in the presentation of this fine art piece. Thanks much for sharing your works with us and being a member of our family of friends and fine artists in our WFS group. Liked & Faved Randy B. Rosenberger Administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group
Gloria Ssali
wonderful storytelling Dawn! and so beautiful to have the animals at the heart of the scene!!..such creativity and such a great piece and adore this enchanting work!... love so much your style fave
Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
Great colors and style, a wonderful created painting Dawn (Fav)
Oiyee At Oystudio
You are one of the few who would take the time to depict the story behind a painting, wonderful story, beautiful painting!
Len Stomski
Another BEAUTY Dawn, Love both the story and the art that goes with it. You are a treasure. thank you
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
You created such an adorable painting, Dawn. Thanks for sharing your precious memmories with us through paintings and words. _ Ana
Gloria Ssali
this is magnificent Dawn! particularly love the sense of family and enjoyment you captured it wonderful brushstrokes and the feel of the country is so beautiful....love it fave and vote...Gloria
Carol Cavalaris
Your memory is so vivid and so visual. I so enjoy your wonderful drawings and stories. Your description made me feel that mountain lion, and also the vulnerability of the deer and rabbit.
Anna Folkartanna Maciejewska-Dyba
Beautiful painting and a wonderful story behind it! They show lovely, tender and angelic nature of the artist.
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