On The Way To Copper'

On The Way To Copper'...
Gouache on watercolor paper
Image size 3" x 5"
Matted in a cream colored 8" x10" mat
Must be framed under glass
$35 + $10 shipping USPS
libbyfife@ymail.com

I periodically do small studies of subjects in order to work out ideas about color or composition or sometimes just to get the idea out of my head! This one is done from a photo taken on the side of Highway 4, heading East, just outside of Copperopolis. Locals will probably know the vista point that I am referencing, on the right hand side of the road. I was told informally that this side of the road burns quite frequently. I guess people stop to have a look and a smoke and then don't dispose of their cigarettes properly. Such a shame.

The area of Copperopolis is rich in history (literally). I learned that during the Civil War, the copper mines of the town supplied a great deal of material for munitions. Ore was shipped to the Port of Stockton, loaded onto ships headed for San Francisco, and then those ships sailed around Cape Horn to the East Coast. The copper industry eventually dried up when the war ended and the town population dwindled. Black Bart is reputed to have called Copper his home and today, the town is trying to thrive with the addition of a golf course and newish housing development.

Thanks,
Libby