Cabin Lake ll

[Grapes]

Pleinair painted during the vacation at the cabin. Oil painting on board.

On location photo:

 

[Jade]

Beautiful Grapes. For a moment I felt swept away from the rainy uk to a cabin in Finland.. bliss thanks for the escape ..

 

[Grapes]

Thanks. Btw, raining here this morning too.

 

[Jade]

Northern Europe lol

 

[Jade]

I showed my hubby your painting which he liked too and he asked me which region you're in, Grapes? He spent quite a bit of time in Finland (Jyväskylä, Kuhmoinen, Porvoo and near the artic circle) when he was younger.

 

[Grapes]

Wow, he then knows my country well. I'm now in Helsinki. I've never (yet) been to UK but last month I was in Ireland painting sheep . The both cabin lake paintings are painted about 100 km south of Jyväskylä.

 

[Jade]

Yeh he had a Finnish friend and Finnish ex girlfriend so spent a lot of time there. Oh he's also been to Helsinki lol. He saw the millennium in in Jyväskylä. I let him know where you are.

Yes, I think I saw some pictures when I first joined here, of your trip to Ireland.. Wexford.. was that right? My parents are Irish and I have an aunt in Wexford. Did you enjoy it?

 

[Grapes]

Yes, I was in Wexford. I enjoyed my trip a lot but as our painting locations changed to a new one every day, it was too intense. So, now I have a pile of Irish pleinairs to finish. Nice to hear your aunt lives in Wexford and that your parents are Irish.

 

[Jade]

Wexford's nice. That's a lot of moving around tho, I'd find that hard too. Enjoy finishing them up!

 

[Donna T]

Gorgeous plein air, Grapes! You really made the most of that beautiful location. I like how there are a few glimpses of the underpainting showing through, especially in the sky. My husband and I have watched a few Finnish TV series and we’ve learned to say kiitos and miksi. It’s not a big Finnish vocabulary but it’s a start!

 

[Grapes]

Donna, thanks so much!
Yes, those are the words but our language is hard to learn with many odd words. I always wondered why do we speak so different to other Europeans. Imagine, my husband has lived here for 25 yrs and still doesn't speak more Finnish than you! He uses English at work.