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I looked up a distant cousin Justin Isherwood, farmer/writer, he spearheaded the project to take pictures of all the pictures in Portage County. Portage County being were half my family seemingly come from.
I had to drive over to Stevens Point recently and did these two paintings near their farm. It was nice to paint in the snow but I hate leaving the day knowing you left something more or better out there. Of course it hasn't snowed since.