29...

_______

'Studio Props 2'

oil on canvas

10" x 8"

Maybe this is an odd choice but I was touched my partner's pick yesterday, a beautiful gravestone with a poignant story. That brings us to tomorrow which is Day 30.  Had questions about sales, shows, thoughts. All the paintings are hanging in the studio. Maybe it's an excuse for a party.

Ann

______________

_____

' No Man's Land '

This was shot at Mima Mounds, south of Olympia WA.

It is a preserve of thousands of low, undulating mounds,

which have been noted in the historical record going 

back to the early 19th Century. No one is sure exactly 

how they were formed. There does seem to be 

agreement that this area was once an inland sea left by

receding glaciers. One historical account describes seeing

these mounds over a distance of 20 miles. 

In the spring with the wildflowers blooming everywhere,

the occupation of many birds and the shadow patterns

left by the sun - it is beautiful. However in the dead of

winter it is desolate, quiet, and haunting - as I found it

this day.

jim

____________________________