So, here's the sky in process, below. | And so on. But after thinking about the project for a while, I decided that would be cluttered and rather boring. So I noodled around about how to abstract the ideas of this small town on the flat, flat Coastal Plain. That's where I am now. I bought a big roll of primed canvas and today began to paint the sky. Later there will be rice fields. Maybe a train. Maybe one rice dryer (that's a pretty nice photo on the left.) Probably some live oak trees. |
The Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce has been redecorating its Visitor Center/front office on Main Street. The building is an old mercantile, with lots of space, a new roof, and mostly donated furniture Back in March, volunteers did a massive cleanup and painting project. We painted the walls and ceiling white and added a huge Texas flag on a wall you can't see here. For the right hand wall above, I volunteered to make a big quilt. featuring something about Eagle Lake. Gee Gee and I had driven around town taking photos of likely buildings, etc.
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AuthorBobbe Shapiro Nolan, Fiber Artist in Eagle Lake, TX. Trying to learn to call the sewing room my studio, and myself an artist. I retired after 15 years in hospice nursing--so now I have the time!. Archives
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