The New River Gorge Bridge

I had so much fun painting this.  This is the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, WV, my hometown.  It is within walking distance from the house I grew up in.  It used to be the world's longest steel arch bridge, but now I think it is only the longest in the western hemisphere.  The painting is impressionist and I purposefully left some of the drawing lines exposed.  Acrylic on 30x40 canvas.

Vandalized!

Well, the cow parade is just a couple of weeks away from getting all of the cows off the streets, touched up, and auctioned.  Black and White had almost made it without any of the trouble I had been hearing some of the other cows had.  Then I got the email.  I have to admit I was too mad to blog this when I first found out last Wednesday.  Andrew is going to go pick her up and I am going to try my best with some bondo, but the repairs will take quite a lot of work and then I may have to paint most of the cow over.  Here is the damage...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, not pictured, whoever did this ripped out the bolts from the feet holding the cow to the weighted platform.   

 

I am still cooling off.  More pictures when I get her back and start the bondo-ing.