My Favorite Things- Day 13

Well, this has been such a well-received offering that I’m going to continue 12 more days through Christmas Eve! Please enjoy the coming days of my favorite things. Best! Dorsey

MY FAVORITE THINGS…. DAY 13

Go Ahead…Just Be Yourself 

People ask me sometimes why I paint sheep.  I don’t really know.  I strongly dislike mutton and I also don’t like the taste of lamb.  There’s just something about it.  Maybe its because once I was coming down with the flu when lamb was being served.  Who knows the reasons for this kind of prejudice. But, I was around lambs a lot when I was a child. They were so cute and sweet. I got to feed them warm milk out of a pop bottle with a nipple attached.  There were 2 or 3 who considered themselves mine. They thought this 5 year old was their mother.

A more accurate reason for liking them, is that they are so delightfully ignorant.  I especially love things that make me laugh.  Sheep do exactly the opposite of what you might expect.  They run straight ahead of you on the road, instead of getting off.  They run up from the ditch to get in front of your car rather than hold to safety.  Of course, I identify with them somehow. OOOOhhh that is difficult for my poor pride to handle.  Still….True…True. 

The first painting of sheep I did came from a trip to Carmel, California.  I had an art show there and we ate at Clint Eastwood’s restaurant.  Sitting in that beautiful place, having a drink, looking out at the ocean, and the lovely landscape, we saw the fattest sheep I have ever seen.  Those sheep were part of my inner landscape from that point on.  They were taken care of and totally content.  And that is where I got the idea to do the “Fabulously Wealthy” painting.  Feed the Children later produced a poster of it. After many, many more paintings of sheep, I still love painting them.  I still identify with them.  And there will likely be more…. 

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My Favorite Things – Day 13

Happy Holidays from Dorsey McHugh Fine Art!  Dorsey is offering a series of paintings, ‘My Favorite Things’ – 8×8 oil on wrapped canvas – for a special price this season. Each painting is $300, plus $20 for shipping & handling if not locally purchased. Each day through Christmas Eve, we will post the image of one painting on her blog – http://hidorsey.wordpress.com. If you would like to purchase one of the 12 paintings, you can contact us at [email protected] or by phone/text to Susan at615-293-3623. Peace and Joy to you…

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