landonstudios · carolyne d. landon
Pisgah National Forest
In the summer of 2000 I received a private commission to paint a series
of works on the waterfalls in the Pisgah National Forest in North
Carolina. At the time, I was living in New York City and my studio was
at 41 Union Square in Manhattan. Originally, I had been commissioned to
paint a portrait of my client but to my surprise, his portrait became a
portrait of the Pisgah National Forest. I
accepted the challenge and it changed my life; the first change being
that I moved from my beloved NYC to a very small town in the
southwestern mountains of Virginia where I began to think of myself as
a writer. The second major change came soon after
completing this project in 2003, when I entered graduate school to ponder the
meaning of the word "wilderness". I earned a MFA-Interdisciplinary Art
degree July 2006 from Goddard College, VT.
Late Summer: Moore Cove 48"x42" oil on linen
