Silos IV Acrylic Print

This is the fourth version of this image, the first two done in marker. Although this style of concrete storage tower is not my favorite to see (especially since so many old wooden elevators are being demolished and replaced by these,) I am still attracted to the effect of looking up at them. and by the roundness of any object in a "flat" land.

Visions of the Great Plains consists of drawings and watercolor paintings inspired by the American Great Plains, by Scott Kirby. Referred to as an accidental artist by Sandpoint Magazine, Kirby began painting in 2005, after 9 months of drawing with dual-tip brush pens. Although the attempts to capture these mostly imagined visions are quite intentional, the origins of Kirby's transition from music to art was, in a way, accidental, and unexpected. While drawing with his daughter Sara one afternoon, Kirby was suddenly compelled to continue into the night and following days, being bombarded by mental images which demanded expression. Weeks turned into months, and drawing turned into painting, all scenes rooted in a long relationship with...