2025.05 GRAY CUBE GALLERY

THEME: RED - Los Angeles/CA/USA/online

THE BACK STORY

TITLE: HOMAGE TO A HIGH SIERRA SNOW PLANT

The painting on the right began in the High Sierra’s when there was little snow on the ground.  I was there with my two giant schnauzers who were running and playing like it was their private playground I was admiring a strange yet beautiful plant life bursting through the snow crust.  I thought I’d discovered either a new life form or one that was about to go extinct.  Calling over my travel companion to see my discovery, my two dogs bolted over to make sure I was OK.  As Hoss, my older male, ran over he ran over the plant.  I was devastated.  It was my belief he has wiped out the whole of its species 

Creating a drawing of the destroyed plants, it became my mission to preserve its memory as a painting. I soulfully hung this painting in my living room in homage.

Years later a guest walked into the room and declared, “Oh a Snow Plant!”  To my surprise and relief, I was informed that these plants a’ many and plenty in the High Sierra’s and that I had not. 

MEDIUM: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

SIZE: 36”x 30” - 91.44cm x 76.2cm - YEAR: 1980