"Autumn Whisper" by Kyle Wood

"Autumn Whisper" - 11" x 14" Oil on Canvas

This painting is based on some photographs from a trip to Lost Maples State Natural Area in November 2008. The fall folliage that year was exceptionally good, due to cooler and dryer

air that penetrated through the State of Texas. Normally, Texas does not have many opportunities to see good fall color, because we typically have too many days that warm and humid almost up to the beginning of winter. The painting above is depiction of one the ponds along the walking and hiking trails of the state park. I titled this painting "Autumn Whisper", because Lost Maples is truly a natural state park area that is very peaceful and quiet. The park is located in a remote area of the Texas Hill Country near Vanderpool, Texas. It is quite rocky and there is alot of steep hill country terrain in this area. I really like how the golds, reds, and oranges of the sawtooth maples played against the greens of summer. This is perhaps one of most spectacular state parks that I have ever visited and would love to take another trip here.

I liked how the painting turned out, so I chose to enter it into the 2010 PaintAmerica's mini 50 competition (paintings 11" x 14" or smaller) back in November. All the entries were recently juried by panel, made up of national artists and scored on an scale. Fortunately, my entry scored high enough, that it was selected as one of the finalist! Now, I will preparing the painting to be shipped off for a traveling exhibition. The first exhibit will be at The Coutts Museum in El Dorado, Kansas. The show will continue to travel from here to various museums and cultural centers through the early part of 2012. It is indeed an honor to be selected as one of the finalist! There will be many opportunities for national exposure thorough some America's finest Museums, some of which are located in our National Parks and great tourist destinations. This will be my second opportunity to showcase my work through the PaintAmerica Association. This competition attracts many artists across America, who predominately paint nature, landscapes, wildlife, architectural, portraiture, and figure. The criteria for submitting is that represents the beauty and the some facet of America. Since, I predominately paint landscapes and architectural subjects, I have found this competition to be a good show to enter.

For more information about this painting or other paintings, please visit my website and other blogs at www.kwoodfineart.com.

For more information about PaintAmerica and its competitions, please visit www.paintamerica.org. Images of the artwork we be posted to their website in the near future.

Enjoy and have an artful day!

Kyle

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