Art and Observations
I think of the the association website as a community journal that unites us as Wilderness
neighbors . Each month I will post a
picture and short narrative of one artistic piece. Many are in the book Wilderness Art
and Observations. These will be posted under this new tab entitled Art and Observations.
Jane Ewing
LYN BULLINGTON January 2025
While walking Lucy along Wilderness Trail, Lyn takes impromptu snapshots
of images in nature that catch her eye along the way. Pictured here is one
that could be titled Ice Water on Tap.
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MATT AND KATHY OLDS-December 2024
The winter tones in the Olds’s photographs are subdued. I named them
shades of polar, whisper, porcelain, ghost, alabaster, ivory, mist, powder,
and pearl white. The snowy woods, dark and deep, recall a Robert Frost
poem. Are the stacked snowballs a cairn or a Zen-like minimalist
snowman? The icebergs hovering ashore captivate and comfort us.
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MISSY MAYER November 2024
Last August 12 when the sky was clear and the northern lights appeared vibrantly, Missy photographed the impressive display from our Wilderness beach. The admiring couple on the shoreline, the Big Dipper, and other solar activity furthered the drama. It’s especially appropriate that this is our November Art and Observations post because the Aurora Borealis continues to flare when the sky is very dark. The Aurora Alerts app reports the occasions of its presence and the locations of this inspiringly radiant show.
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JIM LOEKS-October 2024
GOLD AND ORANGE
Jim painted his impression of a wooded area he and Barrie call “The Old Oak
Valley.” Jim painted “Wilderness End” in 2011.
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TOM KIMBALL September 2024
FOREVER MOBILES
When eleven or twelve years old, Tom spent rainy days in the Kimball cottage
basement constructing mobiles from driftwood and sold them to his neighbors for
the asking price of $2.00. Some have remained for 60 years in Wilderness
cottages. Several are still floating around from the ceiling in their cottage.
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MISSY MAYER August 2024
Missy gave our beach a distinguished identity. Her art supplies were a driftwood
stick and wet sand.
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OLDS FAMILY CONICAL FRAMEWORK July 2024
The Olds family constructed this driftwood tepee on their beach in June 2018.
Erosion caused it to collapse in 2020. Undaunted, they build another. We can
identify their tepee as the Olds family’s beach dwelling.
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