For the past few days, I have been listening to documentaries on the historic renovation of the cathedral. In so doing, I am struck by similarities that exist between the plight of Notre-Dame de Paris and our own Pike Place Market. To learn more, I will explain. when you read the blog. In this tale, it is the two Victors: Victor Hugo and Notre-Dame de Paris and Victor Steinbrueck and the Pike Place Market who made a positive difference with similarities of purpose.
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Seattle is called the Emerald City for a reason.
Everything right now outdoors is green. Lush green. Several nature palettes of lush green. Chlorophyll filled green.
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“Ferris Wheel.” Oil on Canvas, 4x4.” 2020. Central Washington State Fair, Yakima, Washington.
Moons and Junes and Ferris Wheels
Ferris' idea was a wheel, a giant wheel large enough to provide a bird’s eye view the entire Chicago exhibition and surrounding landscape. A wheel made of steel that Ferris said would "out-Eiffel Eiffel." The idea was too ostentatious for even Burnham. "Too fragile," was his reply to the concept of a giant wheel held up by slender rods rivaling the height of the recently opened Statue of Liberty.
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Four Traveling Musicians. Seattle, 2014. Photographe, M. Lamery.
Washington Americana
For all of my life, I have had a love for the outdoors. When I was a kid, you would find me building tree forts with scrap wood rounded up from the neighborhood. I used some of that wood to build go-carts, using 2x4s for axels and nailing old wagon wheels to the ends. When I wasn't building something, I was exploring dirt trails in the backyard woods, flying kites and paper airplanes, riding bikes. Being outdoors was about a sense of exploration and adventure.
Over the years, I continue to enjoy being outdoors for the same reasons--to explore and for the sense of adventure. I am now setting out to capture the natural beauty of our spectacular environment through painted landscape. I am titling my project "Washington Americana."