I played banjo more than guitar for a while since I especially enjoyed its mirthful and spontaneous independence. This instrument could provide enlightened commentaries on the most tragic and haunting occurrences of lost love, betrayal, revenge, murder, and perhaps even evoke valor and the emergence of integrity.
This music for guitar with slide and five-string banjo is reminiscent of traditional ballads travelling from place to place like fairy tales with subtly changing variations over a common theme; only to alight into my own imagination as another powerful resource fueling my creativity.
Beautiful music and I always have loved that artwork. Do you have the full ballad? How much would you sell the artwork for?
Thank you, Les. The music is just influenced by a lot of songs that we associate with Appalachia extending down from New York to Alabama and Georgia. I looked into the area more deeply when I was in living in Kentucky. This music resonates through me deeply, and I just find myself playing it almost sub-consciously.
I would not know how to place a monetary value on this painting. I painted it quite awhile ago, A forest path is so alluring in that one might know the way at first, but then discover that one is either lost, or had finally emerged into the light. Sandy