LEIPER'S FORK, TN (WSMV) -
Among the hills of Leiper's Fork in Williamson County, all you have to do is open your eyes and you'll see some natural beauty. But just looking isn't always enough.
That's what artist Anne Goezte does, as she takes her paintbrush, looks at the clouds and the trees and tries to find a piece of emotion that will make you, the observer, feel something that goes beyond just pretty.
Goezte practices open-air painting. For nearly 20 years, she has captured the scene around her Leiper's Fork home, standing outdoors and battling a big breeze.
"A day like this can be challenging, because the light's ducking in and out," she said.
But challenges also bring opportunity.
"And with these clouds that'll be really nice," she said.
The scenery is as beautiful as ever, but it's just not as wide open as it once was.
"The land out here is changing and getting developed, so sometimes I feel that urgency that this may not be here in six months," Goezte said.
That means Goezte is also a historian, capturing through colors what has always been here, and doing it before the construction cranes start arriving.
"Of course nature, to me, evokes lots of peacefulness," Goezte said. "Even if I don't have a good painting at the end of the day, I've had a very good day painting."
On a clear day from her hill, Goezte can get a glimpse of the cities of Columbia, Franklin and Spring Hill.
Her paintings will be for sale next month during a three-day benefit for Radnor Lake.
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