In the kitchen was the theme of a recent challenge at Fine Art America I participated in. This was a great opportunity for me to find, edit and expose some pictures of historic places I have visited. I focused on my travels in the North America, like USA – Nevada, and also Atlantic Canada.
I think that it is fascinating exploring the kitchens, especially those with a pinch of nostalgia in them. To me they are a more intimate aspect of lifestyles, cultures and customs of the respective time and location..
* All the pictures below are part of my FAA gallery and available as art prints. Just click on them to see more.
Exploring the 19th Century luxurious Wild West kitchen at the historic Bonnie Springs Ranch, Nevada.
Some years ago my husband and I visited Bonnie Springs ranch, now closed. This Wild West establishment, used to be a museum and touristic attraction near Las Vegas in the Red Rock Canyon area. The place dates back in 1843, when Bonnie and Al Levinson bought the ranch, and also developed in a small village in the Mohave Desert.
The kitchen, looks quite luxurious and well equipped, with a nice electric oven and stove. I liked to explore all utensils, the shiny copper pots and pans, plus the wooden cabinets and spices…
** I promise to make a separate post on things we have seen at this historic ranch.
Rural kitchen in Labrador, Atlantic Canada
From the Las Vegas area to the remote Point Amour Lighthouse in Labrador, Canada is quite a jump 🙂 Talking about two totally different areas and culture of the North America.
Built in the early 1800’s (1857) on the North Atlantic coast in southern Labrador, this historic building is now a museum. It is the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada , and the second tallest one in all of Canada, reaching a height of 125 feet.
The very interesting to visit residential area, has also a beautiful old fashion rural kitchen. I’d like to have a kitchen like this too 🙂
** I made my photos painterly using the digital media, and they are part of my galley at Fine Art America. Click on them for a closer look:
And here is another picture from the same kitchen, uploaded earlier to my gallery:
Fogo Island, Newfoundland
Staying within the Newfoundland and Labrador province of Canada, this below is a picture I uploaded earlier. I photographed the kitchen of the historic Bleak House museum in Fogo Island, Newfoundland and posted to my Treasure Hunt in Newfoundland blog of this website. I also made it as a watercolor using the digital media and it’s part of my FAA – Fogo Island gallery. ** Click on it for details
Exploring the French kitchen at Louisburg Fortress in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Now, let’s see a total different type of kitchen, life style and culture. Built in the18th century, this National Historic Site brings you back to French colonial life in Canada. La Forteresse de Louisbourg a live museum, is a highly visited touristic place.
In this photo I captured the French Canadian woman guide, explaining visitors about the history of the place. Dressed in a typical outfit of the time, she was standing between the large fireplace and a long wooden table with a white tablecloth on it.
And here is the same kitchen from a different angle with a different light on it:
I hope you enjoyed seeing this historic kitchens viewed through my lens during my travels
Submitted to:
Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2023 Week 11 | RDP Word of the day: Pinch | FOWC with Fandango — Historic
Mount Hood Highway Road Trip. Pictures taken through the windshield while Driving along Mount Hood River Oregon at the end of October. You can also see some in my Layers in Photography along my travels.
Although my husband and I were continuously traveling, In 2019 my life was still so beautiful and happy. I can say that I really enjoyed being with him and seeing so many new places. Lots of photos opportunities and I didn’t miss them 🙂
Good that I didn’t because two years later unfortunately everything stopped. Well, I still have hundreds of thousand of photos to show, but no more new ones…
He left this world in December 2021, and I’m still here alone.
No choice, but adapt to the new conditions.
BTW, I first made this post in October that year as a wordless post and thought to updated it now with a story.
** I also uploaded some of these photos to my Fine Art America gallery, so click on them for details:
Well, on that highway there was no place to stop with the coming traffic, so I took the photos through the windshield using my iPhone camera.
This is a view of the majestic Mount Hood raising above the clouds, the highest mountain and volcano in Oregon, still potentially active.
The majestic Mount Hood viewed from the road
As the road was curving, it took me many shots to get it in the perfect photographic spot, like reigning over the surrounding world.
Change in weather
The weather started to change from being nice and sunny, to foggy conditions with low visibility. As we were going up we could see and admire the tall pine trees powdered by snow. What a beauty!
It was not too late in season, but a winter-like weather covered this area of the Washington State with fog, humidity and snow. The trees on the side of the road, still green where partially covered by snow, and the visibility was quite poor. We were all surrounded by green and white.
** I liked to see and photograph the scenery through the car windshield 🙂
A well deserved break
We finally found a place to stop and I went out from the car. Oh, what a good short brake! But It was a brake for some more photos in the fresh crispy air 🙂
Also posted in:
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #240 – The Road (most often) Taken | Surrounded by #Green
This is the building of Dali Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain. Dali built it over the ruins of the old municipal theater in Figueres, the artist’s home town in Catalonia, Spain. He used this location for two reasons. He knew the theater as a kid, and this was the place where he had his first exhibition. Secondly, even though the artist didn’t enact a rule, he was close…Dali really wanted the visitors to ” leave with the sensation of having had a theatrical dream”.
* Some of these photos are available in as art prints my Fine Art America, Dali gallery. Click on them to see more:
He did it perfectly, like he did everything else. – You really leave the place with your head spinning 🙂
But let’s start with the beginning. When you are about to enter into the building a huge glass window welcomes you. Visitors can perceive the actual theater foyer through the glass.
Eggs and muses at Dali Theater-Museum Figueres Spain
From the outside you can tell that you are going to enter into a different world. The red facade is ornamented with eggs and muses. * BTW: eggs and muses are some of his favorite symbols, and they appear like a leitmotif.
As you enter into the court, his statue with an egg as his head is looking toward the building. He’s wearing a special suit too 🙂
Further on, a high old wall surrounds the interior court. Of course he placed golden muses in all the window niches, all lined up.
You can also see them from the inside when looking out. I took this pictures from behind the statues through the windows:
Inside the museum
Everything is so well conceived and artistically done!
Once you enter you will find the greatest collection of Dali’s masterwork. Here is where the Lincoln portrait is. You can read more about this unique piece of art it in my GiftSmart.com website, where I calle it Illusion and Genius by Salvador Dali.
BTW: In my Fine Art America gallery I called this picture “Imagination” and I sold a 10.5″ x 14″ framed print 🙂 Thank you, buyer from Kankakee, IL.!
As I mentioned, photographing inside was allowed. Easy to assume that I took as many shots as I could. One chance in a lifetime for such “souvenirs” 🙂 Here you can see paintings, sketches, sculptures and other creative things. Here is one of the surrealistic sculptures exposed:
The museum is a two storied building, and Dali also displayed some artwork of other artists he admired.
On the main floor, you can also see his bedroom, full of weird artifacts as well 🙂
* This was in fact the house of Dali and his wife Gala. – Dali is actually buried here, under the theater stage.
And this is what the ceiling in the museum looks like:
I cannot insert all photos I took there on this post. You can see however most of them in my original collection.
More Optical Illusions
I still want to show you another very popular piece of art. This is not a painting, but another type of visual illusion made as 3D art. You cannot see it anywhere else but here, in this museum. It looks like a strange furniture arrangement. Two hanging photographs, a special shape cabinet and a couch looking like lips. But nothing is strange in this museum 🙂
** Wow, I just sold a 24″ x 36″ print of the Optical illusion 🙂 Thank you buyer from Upper Saddle River, NJ.!
However, this is what you see with your own eyes, but if you go up a few stairs, you can look through a special three dimensional magnifying lens for another kind of view…
I went up and tried to do my best to take a photo with my big camera through that magnifying glass… What I saw was a chic lady! It’s not the best photo I’ve ever done, but it gives you an idea of this artwork.
But the artist’s signature is not something to ignore, either. It was displayed at the exit from the museum, as a last reminder of his art. It is also part of my FAA collection, available as print.
We left the museum overwhelmed by such a rich spiritual experience. I was seeing surrealistic and artistic things in everything I was looking at.. Ha, ha… While sitting at a street cafe in Fiqueres I noticed myself mirroring in the window surrounded by the street activity. Because I was under the impression that everything was artistic, I thought that my SP was something worth taking 🙂 So here I am in Figueres, Spain in 2009 – ten years ago…
I hope you enjoyed this visit to Dali Theater-Museum Figueres Spain viewed through my camera 🙂
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