Millie has been going through stuff we boxed upover 50 years ago and found an oil painting I did with a frame I made back in 1958 in Texas. II satdown and painted it from memory of a Washington mountain scene with a riiver flowing through it at near sunset and finished it in about three hours. The frametook a bit longer and has thin copper patterns on a rustic panel board with star burst corners. Also an oil II did on paper made for oil painting with a rough surface..I did it in 1960 of a dark skinned island woman maybe in her 50's just a head and bust shot from a side profile.With long white/gray hair. Don't know why I chose that subject but it turned out very striking. And abox of sales posters I made for Safeway stores 1959. I was the instore artist and had a huge expensive stencil kit they bought. I had posters stuck up all over the store. Didn't have the fancy newspaper type color ads back then. II was continually making updated replacements and adding new products. Was looking at my pay stubs andI was making around $65 aweek back then for 40 hour week. I also had check stubs from Speas Vinegar plant of around $75 aweek and would come home smelling of vinegar. Baths and all would not get rid of the odor because I was in it every day. Wonder what else she may run across up there in the attic bedroom? I have been looking for 7 or 8 pure silver dollar tokens from Harolds Club in Reno. Haven't found them yet, each was 99.99percent pure and weighed 1oz. each. A grandaughter who got on drugs (now clean for a year) pilfered around up there and did take some things..hope it wasn't my silver!!
Paul