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| [detail of “Midwestern Tornado”] |
Text by Vic Midyett
We have friends (a chiropractor and his wife, who is a medical doctor) who travel to the Midwest of the United States every year or two just to chase tornadoes with a professional storm chaser. The chiropractor has many photographs and asked Shirley if she would paint a tornado for his office.
Working from several of his photographs, Shirley came up with this painting, “Midwestern Tornado.” When ice or hale is strewn about the sky, it turns the yellowy green color you see here:
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| “Midwestern Tornado” [24" x 16"] |
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| The little painting is 4" x 3" |
(That isn’t his desk; I took the photo on our deck. In fact, as of my writing this, the paintings’ future owner hasn’t yet seen them. Shirley will present the paintings on Thursday [today].)
Here’s the little painting straight on:
For comparison, I have a photograph of an earlier version of the larger painting, before Shirley decided it needed some grass and a broken-down fence line in its foreground:
| Copyright © 2018 by Vic & Shirley Deane/Midyett |
That looks like some of the tornadoes I saw when lived in Southern Oklahoma. The orange is definitely the touch it needs. Ice and trash is what I always heard caused that color. They are scary but to me they are beautiful. I am Sure he will love them
ReplyDeleteVic or Shirley, DO tell us how the presentation of the paintings went. Where did you have lunch, etc.?
ReplyDeleteFirst thanks Vickie. We had lunch at a Italian restaurant of their choosing. Shirley first pulled out of her purse the miniature desk top painting asking, "Is this big enough?" He believed her and tried to hide his disappointment, but she quickly admitted the big one was in the car. Yes, he LOVED it as did his wife. They headed straight to a professional frame shop. No do overs!
ReplyDeleteWonderful panting cus. That's one thing I didn't miss when I lived in CR. We had bad storms down there but you could enjoy the storm knowing there wasn't a tornado hiding within them. Unlike here in Mississippi.
ReplyDeleteI hear that, Ed! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI got a private email from a retired MD in Kansas who wrote - Excellent painting! The lighting before and during tornado's varies from a sick shade of green or yellow to the orange Shirley picked up.. Great! Thanks to you two.
ReplyDeleteDid the Kansas MD see the painting on Moristotle & Co.?
DeleteYes. I specifically sent the link to him. (Morris, refer to his testimonial for Brain Tangles. Same man.)
ReplyDeleteI thought it might be he!
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