by Elisha Wood | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Life is a zoo. Meet the zoo, a rowdy bunch of kind-hearted, adventurous critters, who love to travel. Life is a zoo with these fellas around. They’ve been spending their summer visiting amazing locations all over the world. So far they’ve had cake in Paris, tea in...
by Elisha Wood | Jul 20, 2018 | Conversations With The Artist, Uncategorized
Who was Oliver Cromwell? As violet tempest shakes London to its very core, Oliver Cromwell lies in his bed listening to the mighty blast of the storm. Doubtless raging the tempest brings back memories of thundering cannons and the clamor of past wars. Cromwell lays on...
by Elisha Wood | Jul 11, 2018 | Conversations With The Artist
If you live in the States as I do, you’ve just finished celebrating the birth of our nation and the freedom and liberties that our Forefathers so bravely fought for. Freedom is such a powerful word, the cry of the oppressed, the song of birds in flight, and the motto...
by Elisha Wood | Jul 3, 2018 | The Story Behind The Art
December twenty-fifth, 1776 was a frosty morning along the Delaware River and promised a storm by the evening. A few miles away, the Patriot camp began to stir as Washington and his officers conferred together preparing the troops for a surprise march. Crossing...
by Elisha Wood | Jul 1, 2018 | The Story Behind The Art
Meet a personal hero of mine, General Francis Marion, better known as the Swamp Fox. Francis was the descendant of French Huguenots who immigrated to the Americas. The Marion family most likely left Europe to flee the persecution of France’s tyrannical King,...