Art and Community in Wild Lands
Gretchen Butler Wild Art invites you to enjoy stories, fine and functional art, whimsical sculptures, and books.
Stories from the wild lands…
Glory in the Morning
~Entertainment Tour in Venice~ The first phenomenon in this story’s parade blooms right outside our back gate. The Muscle Beach skate park marks our first excursion as newbie residents. With graceful ease, skaters flying around and over cement curves take our breath away. We holler and cheer as the kids practice diligently to jump over…
Mockingbird Morning
A mockingbird singing 15 stanzas greets us on the first three mornings in our new home. I am elated. Then, neighbors on both sides start extensive power tool projects–the mockingbird flies away. He’s leaving me in a strange, new land. Before moving, we attempt to seriously downsize. I struggle to follow advice “When in doubt,…
Fiscalini
Although obsessed with the pack-up for moving from off-the-grid wild land life, I secretly (foolishly) fantasize a la dee dah beach scene near our upcoming temporary lodging in Cambria. It’s wiser to embrace real life as it rolls. Turns out our May/June habitat is cold, cloudy, windy, damp, and often shrouded in fog. This video…
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Dear Gretchen,
This is Melissa Knight-Fine a friend of Susanna Barlow. I met you years ago a a garden club meeting when visiting Susanna. I remember you were a special education teacher. I did that work as well for a time.
I have always loved your art. I enjoy looking at your gallery. Are any of your lovely prints or cards still for sale?
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Congrats on the move. At l ast you are still in CA. We relocated to Maryland
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Donna, appreciate the note. Wow–we’ve known each other a long time!
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A new adventure! We’d love to see you. You people are a delight in this world of average people!
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Yes! let’s figure out a fantastic reunion.
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