Camping In A Hogan Owned by Crandlemire
It often the case that people who live near and even far from the DC area summer in the woods. The woods are often in the mountains of the Blue Ridge. I've summered in Front Royal and Goochland County among others during my lifetime. This painting is a commission. Someone, a old classmate from High School of Bishop Ireton asked me to paint his own 'hogan' cabin in the woods. Which I was glad to do. But it sure took me back to all those summers I spent with my own Dad and the Cub Scouts in the woods sleeping in a 'hogan' like this one. In our gifted life this was called 'ruffing it', or 'camping out' for the weekend or longer. Its kind of funny but all those times including times of late I've 'camped out' with enjoyment because it was no problem to do so since we were indoors for the most part. This painting reminded me that how often I've had the gift of sleeping indoors protected from the elements. What a mem