"On Slaughter Creek Trail"
Charcoal 11" x 14"
2006
We went on a hike at the southern end of the Appalachian Trail near Suches, Ga.  I went in with the gang for a couple of miles to where the trail began its gruesome climb up Blood Mountain.  I had spotted this logjam near a creek crossing and headed back to the car to retrieve my drawing equipment.  I figured I had a good couple of hours while the rest of the guys completed the loop trail.  I hadn't counted on it getting as cold as it did when the sun moved west.  After attempting to warm my hands under the jacket a few times I gave up the ghost relegated this one to the 'near complete' bin.  I didn't get a photo of the site so it will have to remain as a sketch done entirely on site a mile into the woods.   One of the guys described it as 'the middle of nowhere' and I think he got a consensus from the rest of us.