Obida Last Visit
10 June 2021 OBIDA LAST VISIT My grandparents had a small cottage on an isolated dune at Fenwick Island, DE. There were no near neighbors, no utilities, a pump for water outside, and an outhouse with a seat over a bucket. I loved it. The cottage, Obida, washed away in the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962. (https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/delaware/ash-wednesday-storm-de/). My last visit there was in the summer of 1960. just before I left for graduate school in California. During the Covid-19 lock-down I did a set of paintings, Last Visit I & II . The two similar frames were thrift store finds on different occasions. This style of frame is sometimes called Adirondack or Black Forest. They were popular around the turn of the 20th century. I pick up interesting bargain frames and see what painting they inspire.