South Mountain

MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 27" High x 38" Wide

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I loved doing this painting of a place in my heart; this mountain was part of a canyon where the Bear River Massacre took place one of the most shameful battles in American history. More than 400 Shoshoni suffered a disaster unmatched in western history when Connor's Force struck at daybreak, January 29, 1863. The unruly troops raped women, burned the huts, stole the horses and left the survivors to freeze to death.

Why do I call this small mountain a place in the heart? It is because it was a landmark on the way to my grandmother's house in Weston , Idaho . The stillness and loneliness of this place I recalled while painting this scene. The railroad tracks, the wind, the fields, the bees, the hay and a hot August day. This scene seemingly unchanged is etched in my memory forever a place in my heart.