Day 5 - Squire Boone Cabin

"Squire Boone Cabin"
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
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Day 5 brings me from Vermont (subjects of days 1-4) to Boone, NC!  Last summer we visited the Daniel Boone Native Garden in Boone, NC.  

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 SQUIRE BOONE CABIN

"This cabin was situated in the Gardens to honor the father of Daniel Boone - Squire Boone. It serves as an educational representation of frontier living in the years following the Revolutionary War. Beyond the cabin, along a path leading back up to the north side of the allee is a meditation maze of ferns and hemlock. Its center point is a statue of St. Francis of Assisi.

In 1992 the reflecting pool and surrounding area was re-planted as a bog garden. Today there is a small bridge across the bog garden that leads to the Squire Boone Cabin."

-Daniel Boone Gardens site 

This was painted on Gatorboard with Colourfix primer in Terracotta.  I used Neocolor II water soluble pastels as underpainting.  This painting reminded two paintings from last year, both from the UNC Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill, NC:  Paul Green Cabin in Chapel Hill, NC and Garden Path.

Thank you for reading!  Stay tuned for another Boone painting tomorrow.

Bethany