Carin Fausett

Rising to a Higher Power -  2009

$1795.00

This is one of the pieces that I got into the Spirituality Show, the lovely thing is that when I picked it up the curator said that I’d had a lot of comments on it.  Also she said that when her mother came to see the show that this piece made her cry.  Wow!  It absolutely made my day.

The frame was made for this piece by George Barnhill.  It has 24k gold leaf around the edge.  George is an artist, in his sculpture and his custom frame work.

There is a lot of older farm equipment around town that provides terrific subject matter. The old paint is lovely.

This fall was the county fair, lots of animals and lots of exhibits.  By the exhibit buildings are these wonderful trees, the trunks are quite thick.  I loved the flags  strung up between them.  It’s good to have holidays, celebrations and fairs. We all need things to look forward to.

It is amazing what farmers do to survive, to provide for their families, and produce a crop.  I do admire the symmetry of the sprinklers, but farmers and ranchers are really impressive.

I’ve been exploring on my bike a lot when the weather’s good.  In the morning the light is great, all the water just crystallizes.   Here it seems that the sun bleaches all the color leaving the light and dark.

I love that there appears to be nothing to water, but two weeks later this field was full of green stuff.  Again notice the light coming through the water, lovely.  Irrigation, a necessity here, but there is beauty in everything.

I’ve been biking around fields in the valley and have been really appreciating the back lit quality of these “wheel” style sprinklers.  It is really fun to catch the droplets of water and the symmetrical shine on the wheel tops.

We were doing our homework under the cherry tree and it was populated with honey bees. Luckily they found interest only in the blossoms.

This truck is near retirement. It is weathered and in the weather, but still handsome.

I wonder about the person that designed this functional yet beautiful cover. I must have walked over it so many times, but to really live is to notice what’s around you. I love things that show quality in design and history.