The Mountain Queen
A Journey to the Great King
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The Mountain Queen is a story of a girl who grew to love her majestic mountain home and tenderly envisions the mountain as her King. It was originally written as a poem many years ago, with my great-grandmother as the inspiration for the girl who loves the mountain.
Lottie Brown Jones was born on May 1, 1898 in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Appalachia is an old Indian word meaning "endless mountain range,” for the Indians in that area thought the Appalachian Mountains went on forever and ever. While this area was heavily laden with hardship and poverty during the early 1900s, it was rich in beauty, flourishing with steep wooded hills, narrow valleys and winding streams. Lottie had a true love for what we still consider to be her mountain, and a respect for the land and its God-breathed beauty. I still recall in childhood being spiritually drawn to the bluish-purple splendor of the distant mountains from her front porch in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is obvious why so many people fall in love with this part of the country and why many who have had to move away from this land become truly homesick.
Lottie spent her entire life growing up, living and dying in these mountains. While I have very few pictures of her as a child, I can envision a tomboyish mountain girl with long blonde braids, happily running, playing and exploring the vast mountains around her humble home. But as with most mountain children, Lottie’s childhood primarily consisted of hard work, limited schooling, and often barely enough to get by. Yet just as extreme pressure turns coal into a diamond, the hard times of the mountain people often produced strong character, a very great love for family, respect for nature, and a deep belief in God.
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With a major in fine art and graphic design, Susan Moss Jenkins has become a successful painter and award-winning artist. She considers the beauty of creation as her greatest inspiration to paint. Although she has done illustrative work for other authors, this is her first published work of her own featuring her rich and brilliant pastel paintings. The concept of The Mountain Queen began many years ago when Susan wrote a poem using her great-grandmother as the inspiration for a girl who loves her mountain home. As years went by, the poem seemed to take on a life of its own as it began to parallel the life of the author. In time, Susan realized that this is everyone's story and a journey towards the most beautiful hope imaginable. She knew she had to paint the story she had written so many years before.
So what may seem a simple children's story actually has a deeper allegorical meaning laced with symbolism. It is Susan's hope that this book will encourage others to pursue the King of the Mountain in their own lives.
To see more of Susan's work please visit: www.susanjenkinsfineart.com
To purchase prints of the paintings in this book: www.1-susan-jenkins.artistwebsites.com
About the Author
About the Author:
With a major in fine art and graphic design, Susan Moss Jenkins has become a successful painter and award-winning artist. She considers the beauty of creation as her greatest inspiration to paint. Although she has done illustrative work for other authors, this is her first published work of her own featuring her rich and brilliant pastel paintings. The concept of The Mountain Queen began many years ago when Susan wrote a poem using her great-grandmother as the inspiration for a girl who loves her mountain home. As years went by, the poem seemed to take on a life of its own as it began to parallel the life of the author. In time, Susan realized that this is everyone's story and a journey towards the most beautiful hope imaginable. She knew she had to paint the story she had written so many years before.
So what may seem a simple children's story actually has a deeper allegorical meaning laced with symbolism. It is Susan's hope that this book will encourage others to pursue the King of the Mountain in their own lives.
To see more of Susan's work please visit: www.susanjenkinsfineart.com
To purchase prints of the paintings in this book: www.1-susan-jenkins.artistwebsites.com