I’d been working on a different blog post to share with you today when this enchanting snapshot appeared on my phone. So I’m bumping “Whisper on Time” until tomorrow (I hope it’ll be worth the wait!), and showcasing this spirit-lifting boathouse rainbow photo instead.
Just came off the ferry and this very bright rainbow happened!
— Bobbi Degnan
Perfection. Thanks, Bobbi!
Rosslyn’s boathouse remains one of my favorite elements of this property, and it takes on an especially auspicious mien when crowned with a technicolor rainbow corona.
A Rainbow of Boathouse Renderings
Renderings of our boathouse have been one of the anticipated but enduring gifts of ownership. In fact, we have an entire room at Rosslyn dedicated to artwork featuring this lakeside folly. Following are just a few of our favorites.
The playful, illustrative painting above by cartoonist Sid Couchey provokes levity on the gloomiest of days.
And this colorful painting below was made by Mary Wade. We are fortunate to own several of her creative interpretations of Rosslyn’s boathouse.
As counterpoint to lighthearted renderings, we also enjoy moodier perspectives.
Terrell White’s foreboding image above is dark and ominous, as if a tropical storm is imminent. And Bill Amadon’s dramatic vista with a diminutive boathouse captures the grandeur and lighting of late winter in Essex.
I’ll wrap up with one of Paul Flinn’s architecturally evocative illustrations. Anyone who has had the opportunity to enjoy Mr. Flinn’s work, will share my wonder at his perfectly precise, representational drawings imbued with a romantic energy not unlike children’s book illustrations.
Thank you, Bobbi Degnan, for your boathouse rainbow photograph. And thanks to all of the other artists — Sid Couchey, Mary Wade, Terrell White, Bill Amadon, and Paul Flinn among them — for contributing your creative perspectives to Rosslyn’s history.
What do you think?