Along the River's Edge (1)
Along the River's Edge
- Creator: Anne Peterson Klahr
- Date: 2013
- Location: Boise Airport, 3rd Floor, Hallway
- Types: paintings (visual works)
- Materials: acrylic paint, canvas
- Collection: Portable Works
Anne Peterson Klahr's vision is to portray a familiar serene memory of morning light filtering through the trees. The river’s edge transports us to a calm, peaceful state of mind. Possessing this tranquility will help travelers navigate their way through the airport and on to their chosen destinations. Along the river’s edge, the subject of her painting celebrates the very reason our ancestors settled in Boise one-hundred-and-fifty years ago, the Boise River and its adjacent woodlands. The river and woodlands have created a thriving community, a unique environment and burgeoning enterprise. As the daughter of a fly fisherman, Klahr has spent countless hours on the thicket laced banks of every Idaho stream or river suitable for fishing. The rivers and woodlands have always called people to live along its route in this high desert land of Southwest Idaho. Klahr would not refer to her paintings as landscapes. The work is inspired by nature and yet provoked by time spent along the river’s edge. One resounding reason people love Boise is the connection people have to each other. The six degrees of separation theory applies here. She felt the intertwined branches of trees worked well as a metaphor for our connected community. The backlit trees represent the vast promise which Boise holds. We are a city on the cusp of expansion and exciting change.
