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.
The shadows you have created are so deep and mysterious, they give a character to the building, nice one Barbara!
ReplyDeleteThank you Padmaja, but it was all there before me and the paint - the shadows, the mystery and the character.
ReplyDeleteLove 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.
ReplyDeleteThe foreground shadow is the same shade I was standing in. I didn't even need a hat.
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