Top Of The Falls- Kaaterskill Clove
by Ellen Levinson
Title
Top Of The Falls- Kaaterskill Clove
Artist
Ellen Levinson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County's Town of Hunter. The dual cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making it one of the higher waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' taller waterfalls.
"The falls are one of America's oldest tourist attractions, with it appearing in some of the most prominent books, essays, poems and paintings of the early 19th century. Long before Alexis de Tocqueville's famous essay on America, Kaaterskill Falls was lauded as a place where a traveler could see a wilder image, a sort of primeval Eden. Beginning with Thomas Cole's first visit in 1825, they became an icon subject for painters of the Hudson River School, setting the wilderness ideal for American landscape painting. The Falls also inspired "Catterskill Falls", a poem by William Cullen Bryant." wikipedia
"Midst greens and shades the Catterskill leaps,
From cliffs where the wood-flower clings;
All summer he moistens his verdant steeps,
With the sweet light spray of the mountain-springs,
And he shakes the woods on the mountain-side,
When they drip with the rains of autumn-tide.
But when, in the forest bare and old,
The blast of December calls,
He builds, in the starlight clear and cold,
A palace of ice where his torrent falls,
With turret, and arch, and fretwork fair,
And pillars blue as the summer air."
This image is lovely framed in a classic black frame with a white matt ( or color of your choice) or for a more rustic look a natural wood frame such as barn wood.
An ideal choice for almost any decor. Perfect for a living room,dining room,den,family room,hall,bedroom,study or office,a cafe or restaurant,inn,bed & breakfast or hotel.
c) 2014 Ellen Lynn Levinson (Ellyn)
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April 30th, 2014
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Vadim Levin
Wonderful painting of the famous Kaaterskill waterfall. I was their a few times and was fascinated by its view from its bottom. Ellen, you were able to show amazing beautiful view from the top via your work.