The Rolling Hills of Kentucky

Finally, I have finished with this piece after doing and redoing and redoing it again! I wanted to catch that essence. I posted it last night on my site at raymondsvision.yolasite.com . I always sigh a sigh of relief as well as release after completing a painting. It's like a parent watching a child learn how to ride a bike. There is apprehension and movement and flow and relief.

Back in June my wife and I were retiring at the house and we were thinking about what would be something to do. We had been to the Elk Creek Store in the Mall. We had browsed thru their wine selections and had purchased a bottle or two but we had never been to their vineyard or their winery. So we grabbed our cameras and loaded the GPS with the address to the winery as we set off to Elk Creek.
http://www.elkcreekvineyards.com/

We followed down the highway until our GPS told us to move onto a secondary road then to a country road. Before starting to get the nervous feeling that maybe our GPS is nuts we saw the signs leading us to the Vineyard.

I totally loved the feeling of the place. The views were beautiful in every direction. We walked in and ordered a small lunch, which was simply a sandwich and glass of wine. We went out on the deck and totally enjoyed the meal, the wine and the scenery.

If you are a hunter, you will love shooting skeet at their top of the line facility.

This is the picture that was my muse to paint the painting.

Here is the deck that overlooks the valley. Great vantage point when they have concerts.

Here is the beautiful lodge that can be rented out as a B&B.

Ahh, the vineyard.

Here is the open air stage that rocks the vineyard with anything from Beach Boys to the Moody Blues.

This is just one of the secrets that are kept in the great state of Kentucky. Try their 2004 Cabernet which is nice fruity,rich,grape with rounded tannins.