The Good, The Bad, And The Deadly

Covered Bridge # 1

 16" x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas

© Cyd Rust 2009

I find old covered bridges to be one of the most romantic of all man made structures. This painting is based on the 1879 Herns Mill Bridge, in West Virginia. The real bridge is built over Milligan Creek and has of course been somewhat modernized, but the romantic in my soul made me take it back a few decades in time. Back to a place where there weren't paved roads or metal guard rails. Where a horse and rider, or maybe a couple out a courtin' found themselves needing to seek shelter under it's roof during a summer rainshower.

Covered Bridge #1 
has been donated to my favorite local charity,

Hearts and Horses, for their biggest fundraising event of 2009.

"The Good, The Bad, and The Deadly (Murder Mystery)

Dinner Dance Auction.

October 2, 2009

6PM to Midnight.

Ellis Ranch, Loveland, Colorado

The evening is $67 per person and will include dinner, dancing, and a chance to bid on some one of a kind sculptures and paintings. Some of the artists represented are Cyd Rust, Rod Salter, George Walbye, Cammie Lundeen, George Lundeen and Mark Hopkins.

970-663-4200 (prebidding accepted for live auction items)

Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding Center is a non-profit organization that provides therapy on a horse to help children and adults with disabilities regain physical, emotional, and social skills. Hearts and Horses has helped over 300 riders in the last year and is proud to say no one is turned away because of financial need.

Congratulations To Helen Lystra!

The winner of September's Zowie Limited Edition Print!

It's not too late to get your name in for the October Drawing.

Sign up for Cyd's free E-Newsletter, and once you have confirmed your subscription and your email is verified, your name automatically goes in the random drawing.  It's that easy.

Good Luck!!

Cyd Rust Joins Forces With LFA

I am very proud to announce I have joined forces with The Lupus Foundation of America,Inc. to help support Lupus awareness and research. This cause is very dear to me, as I have lived with Lupus for almost 16 years.

I have chosen a very special collection of my small works, which will be called "The Lupus Paintings". These small works came to be in a few different ways. Some came from my desire to paint on a day when I had time limitations - life gets in the way sometimes! Some paintings are better expressed on a smaller scale, or sometimes a larger piece seems like too much to take on, even though the desire to be creative remains. And some of these were done as a study for a larger show piece.

More paintings will be added each week, as my health allows. They will appear on my website under the category "The Lupus Paintings" which you will be able to access from the main page or by using the links provided in this newsletter. Paintings will be sold as they are requested, so please contact me as soon as possible when something speaks to you!

30% of the proceeds from "The Lupus Paintings" Collection, will be donated to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

The Face Lift: Before and After Pictures

Three weeks ago I began a face lift on my Blog with the help of Cynthia Morris and Alyson B. Stanfield.

My fears of going under the knife proved to be totally unfounded. Blog Triage was just what my tired and weary blog needed.

I could tell you how I had to learn to use and install Feedburner, and iGoogle, Fan Pages and Follows. Or tell you about the constant tweeks, tucks, and adjustments continually necessary on the main page alone...

But all I really have to do is place these two images near each other, and let you judge for yourself.

I won't lie. This hasn't been easy, and it certainly didn't happen over night. There were fixes and tweaks every day, and some still needed.

But all in all, I am very happy with the unveiling.

So what do You think of my face lift?

(Blog Triage: Final)