{"id":5916,"date":"2021-12-14T11:08:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?page_id=5916"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:24:45","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><span style=\"color:#ba7a03\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>I paint the places I love to be. I paint the freshness of eternal nature, icy lucid streams, thunderous waterfalls, and soaring granite crests over silent lakes.  There is beauty all around us, and I also I seek the wonders embedded in the forgotten areas of modern society found in the splendor all around us.  <\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"5\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6565\" data-id=\"6565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/welcomeslides\/wwelcome77.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/welcomeslides\/wwelcome77.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, 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data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creeks\/painting2.jpg?fit=300%2C169\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creeks\/painting2.jpg?fit=620%2C349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creeks\/painting2.jpg?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creeks\/painting2.jpg?w=620 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/creeks\/painting2.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watch the NBC broadcast about Donald in &#8220;The Creeks and Rivers of Silicon Valley&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I paint the places I love to be. 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