October 2019 – White Rooster Studio

As we are coming to the end of the leaf-peeping season, we decided to take advantage of the bright sunshine yesterday and take Basil to Miller State Park in Peterborough, NH and check out the view from the summit.

We had taken Basil to the park during the summer, but he had never been leaf-peeping, so he was excited to see all the colors:

20191019_135634 crop — ©2019, Jenn White, *View from the Summit, Miller State Park #1, NH*. Photograph

The colors were a little muted the higher we traveled up the auto-road, but there was still enough color to make the trip worth it. The park was VERY busy and we were worried that there wouldn’t be any parking spots left at the summit, but we were extremely lucky and found a spot with this amazing view:

20191019_143116 crop.jpg — ©2019, Jenn White, *View from the Summit, Miller State Park, NH #2*. Photograph

Basil was keen on visiting the Raptor Observatory again – he really wanted to see an eagle… but, we had just missed the bald-eagle sighting earlier that morning 😦 We did have a chance to see some ravens, so maybe next time we will have better luck.

©2019, Jenn White, *Basil with the Raptor Score board, Miller State Park, NH*. Photograph

Basil loved the pops of red color still on the bushes:

20191019_141001 — ©2019, Jenn White, *Basil with red berries, Miller State Park, NH*. Photograph

And we lingered a bit to enjoy the views from the Raptor Observatory:

20191019_140216 crop — ©2019, Jenn White, *View from the Raptor Observatory #1, Miller State Park, NH*. Photograph

20191019_140221 crop — ©2019, Jenn White, *View from the Raptor Observatory #2, Miller State Park, NH*. Photograph

Basil loved just sitting on the warm rocks, listening to the team stationed at the observatory talk about their job recording the bird sightings and tracking their migration:

20191019_141305 crop — ©2019, Jenn White, *Basil sun-bathing on the rocks, Miller State Park, NH*. Photograph

The raptor team will be at the park until November, so if you are interested in checking out the summit – and, hopefully, seeing about some amazing birds – they are more than happy to answer your questions and give you some viewing tips.

Looking forward to the next adventure!

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The fifth artist that will be highlighted is: LEE KRASNER:

According to her Wikipedia page: “Lenore “Lee” Krasner (October 27, 1908 – June 19, 1984) was an American abstract expressionist painter, with a strong specialty in collage, who was married to Jackson Pollock. This somewhat overshadowed her contribution at the time, though there was much cross-pollination between their two styles.”

To learn more about Lee, please check out the rest of her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Krasner

Lee’s story is closely entwined with Jackson Pollock’s, so quite a lot of information about her… also includes Pollock. It would be remiss to neglect to mention their bond and the influence that they had on each other and their work:

The home that Lee and Jackson shared in Springs, NY is now known as the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center and is open to tour and for exhibitions:

You can also check out the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, whose mission is: “providing financial assistance to individual visual artists of established ability through the generosity of the late Lee Krasner, one of the leading abstract expressionist painters and the widow of Jackson Pollock.” For more information about their work and applying for grants, please visit: http://pkf.org/

You are all probably tired of me mentioning “Ninth Street Women”, but I hope you will check it out. Lee is featured prominently and gets the recognition I feel that she deserves. Please also check out her biography:

Most of us are familiar with the Ed Harris film “Pollock” and if you haven’t seen it lately, it is worth another viewing:

I know that the film is primarily about Pollock, but you can’t have Pollock and his breakthrough without Lee.

Samples of Lee’s mosaic tables:

PKF_Home_Krasner_Haas_Getty@1x-8b38574 — Lee in her studio

Please check out the White Rooster Studio Facebook page during the month of October for more photos of Lee and images of her work.

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Month: October 2019

Adventures with Basil: Leaf peeping at Miller State Park

Artist of the Month: Lee Krasner