Anna’s tree in full bloom today, after three warm days. Spring is here. Anna’s house backs on the creek right at the bridge and some very lazy person forgot their shopping cart today. But no matter, the tree must be gorgeous from inside Anna’s house.
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Bonnie Hull is a painter. Transplanted from the urban mid-west, she works in Oregon's capital city living in a mid-19th century house. Studio, garden, quilting, coffee, preservation, the Oregon art world are among her topics.
The Cottage Studio…
I’ve been a sort of blog sloth of late–been in the studio making paintings. Still three months before my show at 12×16 and I’m working hard. Hope I’ll have new work by then that supplants some of these, but thought you might like a peek:
REALLY the Last One!
Because it’s gone. I read in the paper that a new “mixed use” building will begin to rise on the site immediately. Judging by what is going up around town at the moment, it won’t be a pretty sight. As Doug said though–it is interesting to think of what the world was like and what […]
UH OH….
I’m verging on the thematic here…
Urban Daffs
And then look at these guys, insisting on growth, loooking like a mysterious little crop circle, a faerie ring, outside a store downtown:
DAFFS
ANOTHER beautiful day in the Capital City! Look what sprung up by the back door of the studio:
Nearly Gone
It was a beautiful day in the Capital City today–bright sun that raises your spirits. On the way to the studio I stopped by the Riverfront to check on the warehouse. It’s nearly gone now:
It snowed this morning…
but when I got home from the gym today the very-same camellia that fell over on the car in the December storms was blooming. I actually don’t think you can kill a camellia–even with a chain saw. Spring is here!!
Pearl Bakery
Saturday before heading home we made a stop at the Pearl Bakery for a tuna sandwich and some supplies, before our return to the bakery-less Capital City:
Fun with wood!
Friday Roger gave a lecture at Oregon College of Arts and Crafts. When we got to the parking lot I saw this wall of stuff going up, with many students holding drills and hammers. The teacher Karl told me this was the end of a 5 day charrette for the wood students. Everybody made wooden […]
On The Way 