Mrs. Trowbridge paid homage to her fore-bearers by writing and illustrating stories of those great Trowbridge shrews from which she descended. Among the greatest was the mighty warrior, Shrew Khan. Shews of the Trowbridge line have been traced to the Mongolian Steppes, the jungles of Polynesia and elsewhere before they found their way to the temperate rain forests of the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
This is one of my favorite of Mrs. T's stories: The Legend of Shrew Khan.
Have you seen my other blog? There you'll see the development of my Sky Fishing painting. Bron Smith's Flights of Fantasy
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Monday, July 29, 2013
THE LEGEND OF SHREW KAHN
Saturday, July 20, 2013
SHREWS, MICE AND MOLES: THE PAINTING
Thursday, July 11, 2013
WIND RIDERS
Mrs. Trowbridge occasionally wrote journal pages regarding the history behind the Trowbridge shrews that lived in the rain forest. She called these her "primer pages". Wars and protests would drive shrews from distant lands to flee their homes and take to the air in search of a better life across the Great Sea. These ancient shrews were called "Wind Riders". In the above page from her journal, Mrs. T talks about the wind journeys made by her ancestors in their tiny air basket huts. Have you seen my other blog? It's called Bron Smith's Flights of Fantasy. |