Friday, July 20, 2007

Seaside Shanty

house on stilts

Here's an interesting painting from the 1960s: a ramshackle shanty at sunset, overlooking the calm Pacific...

Model of stilt house

The real life model for this painting was a metal sculpure, twelve or fifteen inches high, of a multi-level shack that sat on a coffee table at the casa for years and years. I've no idea where that sculpture is now.

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