STARRY NIGHT 2022 – 131
May 16, 2022
131
Title: “Andrews Bald”
Artist: Katherine Tucker
Donor: Margit Worsham
Media: Oil on Canvas, Salvaged Barn Wood
Dimensions: 30.75″ x 26.75″
Value: $2,000
Katherine Tucker paints not only what she sees, but how she feels as she creates each new canvas. In this oil painting, Tucker depicts popular Smoky Mountains summit, Andrews Bald, the National Park’s highest ‘bald’ peak. Named for Andres Thompson, a 19th Century settler who used the mountaintop for hunting and grazing his cattle, the views from Andrews Bald of the Appalachian range are stunning in life, and in Tucker’s impressionistic painting. She captures a sunlit path by flowering shrubs, overlooking a clear sky and purple mountain landscape. The painting is framed with antique wood salvaged from local, Appalachian barns. Bring the Smoky Mountains home or give this as a gift to the avid hiker or nature-lover in your life.