Derby Ducks Travel to Shanghai

Race for the Cure, Shanghai Style

by CB Woodling, c. 2103

 

 

A friend who liked my Derby Duck series asked me to create a painting with my Derby Ducks in Shanghai, helping with the Race for the Cure.  So here they are, in a Dragon Boat, painted in the now well-known pink for the fight against Breast Cancer.  Cancer knows no economic or political borders, and the race for the cure is a worldwide quest, so my very American Derby Ducks have also gone world-wide.  The art is colorful to celebrate life, and the brilliant sun is for hope.  So thanks to Dorothy for her inspiration for the painting.  The painting was completed just in time for Breast Cancer month in October. 

FALL IN THE ROCKIES

Fall in the Rockies

by CB Woodling, c. 2013

A recent trip out to the west to visit the Teton Mountains provided an overabundance of inspiration.  Fall color everywhere, Elk and Moose mating season in full swing, cool crisp nights and chill mornings, with yellow school buses and piles of pumpkins vying for color with the fall leaves.  This quick drawing is part of my journal, along with the whimsy of a poem below.  Hope it makes you smile.  Cindy

FALL

By CB Woodling

White sentinels standing tall,

Golden leaves tremble and quake to fall.

Orange oaks entangle them all,

Brilliant colors keep all in thrall.

Moose lower antlers in rivals’ brawl;

Elk echo back a bugling call;

Bears engorge plenty from nature’s mess hall;

Wolves stalk and encircle them all.

Kids return to school roll-call,

Parents help with homework scrawl.

Grandmas shiver in warm well-worn shawl,

All gear up for winter’s long haul

Pumpkins abound at the shopping mall,

Farmers reap the land’s great sprawl.

Ranchers round up their herds to stall,

Fall’s fallin’ fast in the Rockie’s, Y’all.