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"Winter Cabin" 8x10 oil on linen panel
Several years ago on a trip to Alaska to visit my sister Deb Carlson, we snowshoed back to this cabin during a major spring snow storm. The cabin was owned by Jay and Rita, long time friends of my sister. Once inside we started the wood stove, fixed a bite to eat and hunkered down for the night. This cabin was built on an 80 acre partial near Homer, Alaska. I'm not sure how many friends were involved in building on the original acreage. My first trip back to this area was in the 1970s. I stayed in the original cabin (see below) that had been built on the land many, many years ago!
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| Rita and her son, Wilton, heading for the cabin during the snow storm. |
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| Almost there! |
Safe and warm Inside!
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| Once inside, started the wood stove and we cooked up a bite to eat! |
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| When the snow stopped, we were greeted by this! |
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Next morning we checked out the prior nights snowfall!
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We then snowshoed to the original cabin we stayed in back in the 70s.
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My wife Linda standing in the doorway of the original cabin on
our visit a couple of summers ago.
5 comments:
Cool painting! Maybe I should say Cold! A classic winter scene. The light in the window is inviting.
Great pictures and back story too.
Thanks Tom. Love to get to Alaska whenever I can!!!
Wilton here. This is amazing!! I remembered going on that snowshoeing trip but I never had any proof! Now I have that picture and your wonderful painting. Now that I'm in college I and proud to have grown up in Alaska and to have had a dad who build a cabin by hand in the 70's. Thanks for the memories!
Hello Wilton! My how you've grown!!! Glad you are enjoying the painting and the history that goes with it!!!
My favorite part of the world, Homer and Katchemak Bay area. I first went there in the early 70's when Homer was kind of divided betwixt 'back to the land' hippies and right wing religious nuts.
I remember a certain bar/tavern......The Palace?' First time in town, evening in April of 73......quite a place.
Thanks for the memories.
Mike
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