Little Bo Peep ©2012 - This piece started with yet another image from the abandoned property in Middle Valley, New Jersey. It is, in fact, the front of the house I used in "By the Light of the Moon" a few months ago. The little girl is a vintage photo that intrigued me with her odd expression, straw hat and stick in hand. It brought to mind the nursery rhyme from the early 1800's about Little Bo Peep and her famous sheep. Older residents of the village of Ninfield in East Sussex, England (a former smuggling center) claim that Bo Peep was it's most famous resident. The story goes that her sheep were walked across the shore to disguise smuggler's footprints. After learning of her dark side, I decided instead of sheep to use a flock of magnificent black vultures that I happened across on a recent trip to Jackson, New Jersey. I thought this provided an interesting twist - sort of Little Bo Peep according to The Brothers Grimm!
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