Summer, Interrupted!

It’s been two weeks since I’ve painted. Two weeks ago, a derecho – a weather system boasting 80 mph straight-line winds mixed with tornados - went through our area. The system traveled across Central Minnesota and wrecked havoc all the way to Green Bay, Wisconsin. In our little lake community, power lines were scattered, boats were overturned and sunk on the lake, and we lost over 500 mature trees – with 12 of them falling on both sides of our house. Fortunately, except for minor damage to the house, vehicles and yard, we are all o.k. We were thankful Gov. Evers declared a state of emergency – electricity was out for 8 days in our area so the call alerted power and tree crews in the region who came with equipment to clean up the mess.

This week’s painting, Summer Fleet, 9” x 11” on 300 lb. watercolor paper, reflects wonderful days of summer on the water.