Sunday, March 11, 2012

Gamble


Pasadena loves its craftsman homes, probably this one best of all. It was designed outside and inside by Charles and Henry Greene. Charles Greene, I read, wanted to be a watercolor painter, and was disappointed when his father pushed him into architecture. Parents often know best. You can take a tour of the Gamble House and look at some of the most beautiful woodwork ever and hear endlessly about lifting cloud motifs. You can wander freely about the grounds.

4 comments:

  1. The shadows you have created are so deep and mysterious, they give a character to the building, nice one Barbara!

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  2. Thank you Padmaja, but it was all there before me and the paint - the shadows, the mystery and the character.

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  3. Love the shadows as well, including the front most shadow - it pulls me into the painting. What a wonderful house, if I'm ever on the west coast again I will put the Gamble House on my list to visit.

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  4. The foreground shadow is the same shade I was standing in. I didn't even need a hat.

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