I loved reading this today and to enlarge the pics of your art to be able to read your ideas/theories about the lives and stories of artists. Thank you!
Always enjoy going down a research rabbit hole even when I don't get the answer to my original question, the path keeps me curious. Thanks for sharing a fun failure.
I love solving mysteries. Upon reading about P Ranch I thought it sounded a lot like the Malheur Wildlife Refuge( hat was seized and occupied in 2016 by extremists) so I had to look it up and see and P Ranch is about 45 minutes south of the other so I was pretty close in my geography, haha. thanks for some good reads and things to think about.
What a cool, little adventure! My wife and I are moving to Hillsboro in February so I’m really enjoying learning about Portland from your newsletters - in addition to your art and writing of course!
This totally looks like a view of Hood from the south. (The large ridge is on the left side instead of in front, like your sketch from the west side.)
Looking at photos of stuff on the south side, it really looks like it might be from what's now known as Trillium Lake, before it was a lake. (1960). Before that, it was part of the Oregon Trail, and was essentially a wide field (Summit Meadow, according to wikipedia, was also a toll station), which would account for the whole bottom part with all the flowers.
If you compare it to this photo, for instance, and replace the artificial lake with a meadow, it's pretty spot-on with regards to the markings of the mountain and where the ridge is. (You'll have to imagine a bit more snow. I think this was probably later in the summer and the painting was likely in spring.). https://images.app.goo.gl/PQ3hhs5zrLNNqPFX7 (goes to a wikipedia photo.)
Oh I love all these ideas! The thing is, Hassam's painting definitely has Portland in the foreground--those are little rooflines. So he must've been somewhere with a city view.
Amy, you should definitely take a trip down to southeastern Oregon! I travel down there as for the library non-profit I work for (the Libraries of Eastern Oregon), and it is a beautiful place. I have lots of recommendations I can share :)
I loved reading this today and to enlarge the pics of your art to be able to read your ideas/theories about the lives and stories of artists. Thank you!
Thanks so much! These pages were so much fun to make.
Always enjoy going down a research rabbit hole even when I don't get the answer to my original question, the path keeps me curious. Thanks for sharing a fun failure.
I know! Sometimes those are the best ones. I think I will get my answer someday, I'm just not sure how.
This was a fun read for a Friday morning. It also makes me wonder why I ever left Portland.
Portland has a lot going for it--but so do many other places!
This is great, thanks!
I love solving mysteries. Upon reading about P Ranch I thought it sounded a lot like the Malheur Wildlife Refuge( hat was seized and occupied in 2016 by extremists) so I had to look it up and see and P Ranch is about 45 minutes south of the other so I was pretty close in my geography, haha. thanks for some good reads and things to think about.
Right--yes, exactly. That's right where it is.
What a cool, little adventure! My wife and I are moving to Hillsboro in February so I’m really enjoying learning about Portland from your newsletters - in addition to your art and writing of course!
Welcome to PDX! Yeah, I didn't expect this newsletter to be so Portland-centered, but write what you know, bloom where you're planted, etc etc....
This totally looks like a view of Hood from the south. (The large ridge is on the left side instead of in front, like your sketch from the west side.)
Looking at photos of stuff on the south side, it really looks like it might be from what's now known as Trillium Lake, before it was a lake. (1960). Before that, it was part of the Oregon Trail, and was essentially a wide field (Summit Meadow, according to wikipedia, was also a toll station), which would account for the whole bottom part with all the flowers.
If you compare it to this photo, for instance, and replace the artificial lake with a meadow, it's pretty spot-on with regards to the markings of the mountain and where the ridge is. (You'll have to imagine a bit more snow. I think this was probably later in the summer and the painting was likely in spring.). https://images.app.goo.gl/PQ3hhs5zrLNNqPFX7 (goes to a wikipedia photo.)
Hope this gives you more possible leads!
Oh I love all these ideas! The thing is, Hassam's painting definitely has Portland in the foreground--those are little rooflines. So he must've been somewhere with a city view.
Amy, you should definitely take a trip down to southeastern Oregon! I travel down there as for the library non-profit I work for (the Libraries of Eastern Oregon), and it is a beautiful place. I have lots of recommendations I can share :)
Oh good! I really want to go.