Red Flyer Wagon

Several months ago, Dedo's mom gave us the old Red Flyer wagon that Dedo and her brothers rolled around the yard. We looked forward to letting our grand kids use it.  The wagons today are good but they are plastic and have seat belts. A great wagon has to be metal and have an element of danger to it. The wagon has been a popular addition to our backyard where Weston loves to pull it himself or let me pull him.  I may be a little more reckless than some granddads because I want to go fast.  Fortunately, Dedo is there to yell at me when I'm going a little crazy.

Red Flyer Wagon
16x20 oil on canvas

As soon as we brought it home, I knew I wanted to paint it.  I was also trying to expand my painting landscape by doing something different.  I played around with painting the wagon as an Impressionistic work and I like the way it turned out.  It looks like a wagon, but it's not perfectly real.

The red wagon reminds me that none of us are perfectly real. We have flaws, nicks, cuts and a little rust in our lives. The Bible tells us that there was only one person who was perfectly real and His name is Jesus. Those of us who follow him are impressionistic masterpieces on His canvas. He loves us no matter how much we've messed up. As I was painting, I was thanking God that He gave me a do over through Jesus.

I hope all of you are having a great fall.  I'll have a new grandson in about 7 weeks, so we are counting down the days.