Our friends Elaine and Terry Banderas, who live in the Sacramento area, were in town last week and Terry and I spent a few hours sketching. This wasn't on the list of places to draw, but when we found ourselves in this part of town, it turned out to be a good spot to settle in for a while with our sketchbooks.The grain elevator sits on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, WA. The river is on the other side of the elevator. Wheat has been a staple in terms of agriculture in our area for at least one hundred years, maybe more. I don't know when the elevator was constructed, but when we moved here in 1957 it was one of the landmarks in town. Still is.
ink, watercolor, journal/sketchbook
I like this. Reminds me of my turf here in Kansas. But then, when the wife and I drove up to your neck of the woods 25 years ago we thought the wheat fields reminded us of home, too.
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