This and That

Regular readers know that we love our Lazy Daze motor home. Being a somewhat small company, you don't see all that many out there.  Usually, when you see any artwork involving RVs, it's rarely a Lazy Daze. That said, a friend of ours was vacationing up in Seattle and saw a weekly paper with this on the cover.

 

Wow, Lazy Daze in artwork, what a find.

Intrigued, I looked it up and found it was painted 

by an artist named Casey Weldon.

Hoping there was some kind of back story, 

I emailed him and he replied

"My grandparents owned one when I was a kid 

and they often took my brother, cousin and I out camping. 

The painting is a sort of reminiscence of two sisters 

I have a vague recollection of meeting 

at one of the camp sites. 

I was in love with them, 

as much as any boy could be in love for a week, I guess. 

They were older, 

and I don't if it was general disinterest in us, 

the campsite, 

or another issue, 

but something about them seemed sad. "

Is that a cool story or what?

And speaking of Lazy Daze artwork,

back when we first got the rig, 

we camped for a while with Lazy Daze friends 

John and Ilene Van Gossen.

Ilene Is a talented artist 

and gifted us these small paintings, 

just perfect for the kitchen in the rig.

I look at them every day 

and they continue to inspire me, 

I wish I could paint like this!

Feeling somewhat inspired, 

I worked on a couple of shots 

I've taken of small pewter statues 

that we will be selling.

I couldn't figure out 

where the striped light came from, 

but I liked the effect, 

so I just went with it.

And once again, 

that's it for today.

the Madonnas

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I love artwork. Images, sculpture, music, film, theater, you name it and I'm probably a fan.

And as you probably know by now, I'm a born collector.

I've written before about how I manage my collecting living in the motorhome. Since I don't wish to change my lifestyle by not surrounding myself with art, I have to be very selective.

Being here and going through all my artwork is proving to be a real challenge, but I feel like I'm doing pretty good. Today I only added one piece to the rig, and she weighs next to nothing.

I've had this for years, and I truly love it. I often find myself drawn to images of the Virgin, and I distinctly remember not bringing this originally because there is some damage to the face. That said, when I look at her face now, I realize she needs to be in the rig with us. Then there's the sequins, which I also love.

She's going to live on our refrigerator,
as you see here.

In looking around the rig,
I realize this is my third
depiction of the Virgin.

This is a piece I picked up in a thrift store
some fifteen years ago ($4.00).
Every time I look at her,
I'm enthralled all over again.
She's hand painted and set in a frame
that I believe is tortoise shell,
although it may just be plastic.
I don't really care,
as the serenity of the piece
has brought me so much joy over the years.

The third piece
is a hand painted Madonna
I picked up in New Mexico.

I should mention
that while I'm not particularly religious,
I feel very spiritual.
I think that's the reason
these pieces resonate with me so deeply.