"A Memory That Now Can't Be Lost"

This is my latest painting finished 7-25-2015. It is the Sharp"s cabin built by the Sharp family in 1985 along the front of the Purgatoire River near Stonewall, Colorado. Am hoping to inhance it some later. The camera or the lighting one, didn't do this painting justice.7-27-2015 Perryton, Texas.

A close-up of mother and baby deer. This is the way the entire picture should be. 7-27-2015 Perryton, Texas.


I am so glad to have completed this painting of the Sharp cabin near Stonewall, Colorado. I worked on it for quite some time, but got side tracked several times. The size of the painting is 48x24 inches. I could not get any more of the interesting objects in this painting. Everywhere you looked on this location was an interesting point. I put on the closest points of interest, but there are so many more farther in the distance. I loved, and still love, this dear mountain ex home. My spirit still lives within those walls. Building this cabin was the thrill of our families life. We designed everything about it. The contractor who did most of the manual work was able to take any suggestion we made and make a reality out of it. This is the biggest, and most expensive piece of art I ever worked with. The contractor assured us that after all other cabins in the area was gone, the Sharp cabin would still be standing. I can say first hand that he was right. The entire structure was overly braced for wind, or rising water. My most concern was fear of a wood pecker eating it up. Someone  actually made me believe that. I was ready to sell right away, then some kind gentleman laughed me into believing it was a joke, although there was wood peckers picking at it some. Over all other worries this turned out to be the least. I have visions of this cabin in heaven, but I know it won’t compare to my heavenly home. I may ask God for an extension on my life so I can paint more interesting sights.

My heart is in all my paintings whether they be portraits, still life, or land scapes. I am there telling it like I see it. I always try to see the best in everything. I do not call this dishonest, but seeing the special quality that others might not see. Of course when it comes to painting evil things, I may go overboard on being dishonest. I am an emotional person after all. I never know what may strike my mind to paint next. I’m just as surprised as others at some of my decisions. I just do what I feel like needs to be done. I have a portrait of president George W. Bush. I would like to compare it to one he did of himself, since he specializes in doing portraits. Maybe that will be possible someday. He paints the personality. I paint the dignity, and leave off the personality. I find it too hard to put them both together on canvas. Someday I might try that. As for now I will stick with doing what ever comes natural. I am that person whom I cannot paint myself honestly. I just am not the person who I want others to see the real me. That person is hid behind the face of a made-over person. I can only say God did a good job of reshaping my life and psyche. “Behold old things pass away and all things become new.“

God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp