I was entranced by the fact that someone decided to park his tractor (or whatever this thing is called) on TOP of this dirt pile instead of in the quarter acre of space around it. I could just see this guy at the end of a long workweek deciding to have some fun and see if he could get his monster on top. The pile is about as tall as a one story building. There were three other tractors parked on level ground. Maybe he’s watched too many of those SUV and truck commercials on TV?
This pile is on San Pablo Avenue in Albany where there used to be a mortuary that had been for sale for ages. I guess nobody wanted to move in to a mortuary so they finally tore it down.
Ink and watercolor in my Aquabee 6×9 sketchbook, drawn and painted sitting in my car across the street.
Jana Bouc, Artist 
6 replies on “Where the mortuary used to be”
Lovely story Jana, and a great sketch
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STUPENDOUS!!!! Love the richness of the soil and the humerous place of the tractor!!! Someone has a great sense of humor and good driving ability!
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I love that you saw the uniqueness in this scene! And you made such a wonderful painting of it!
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Jana,
Your work is wonderful. I love the latest post. Having just started watercolor, I fear that I’ll never get down the organic flow of the medium, but I will persevere. Thanks for your nice comments on my blog.
Witness
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Oh Jana, thanks for the grin this morning. YOur colours are SO rich! I wonder how you do that? Love the rich gradations (is that a word?) in your dirt. YOu do GOOD dirt, girl!
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This is both a delightful and a very strong image – I did a quilt with pretty much the same image after I returned home from town where I’d gone to collect a prize for another quilt about the destruction of our neoghbourhood cottages, to find another house down the street had been destroyed while I was out and there was a huge dozer sitting on the mound. I made the mound in my quilt using a huge number of fabric scraps, all higgety piggelty, including Christmassy fabrics and birthday cake candle fabric to symolise families’ lifetimes. I’m really enjoying your daily postings.
Alison in Canberra
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