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You wake in God's wilderness to the orchestrated chaos of mother-nature’s soothing concerto, where cascading snow-melt spills into the jagged gorge at Opal Cavern; where white noise of rushing water is softly silken, and the air is spiced with fragrant yellow pine and red cedar fantasy. It invites one deep, sweat-breath, and you know in your bones; your sleeping bag upon this spongy moss cradled you as comfortingly and securely as before birth.
Welcome to heaven on earth from the theater of the imaginative mind's front row.
My inspiration for this painting in 2016 and as completed in 2022.
Opal Caverns, Original oil painting on canvas, 16X20. For view only. Not for sale.
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Thirsty, rowdy patrons--trappers and traders mostly, some prospectors, rustlers and random cut-throats out of the foothills, all called the giant elk's head that hung on the wall, Piney-Mite in reverence to the outpost's larger-than-life owner, "Pine Top", a giant man of legend--run-away slave who stopped running here, in the middle of nowhere, to establish himself and his famous wilderness oasis, trading-post, whiskey bar, bath house with rooms to let--a piano that played day and night, as did beer sloshing and brawling, until, as it's told--it all ended in a tragic fire. Not a trace was left. About 170 years ago, now.
But to this day, if you venture out there--in the middle of nowhere--on a full moon night, you might just meet up with two very agitated spirits.
Locals say you're wise to keep your distance--and don’t dare try to play that piano.
Spirits of Montana Territory; Original oil painting 2023. Stretched canvas,,18X24.
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