A man cave? A Dude Den? a tool shed? guest quarters (so they won’t be inclined to overstay)?
Even after four years of visiting Wilsonia while working on The Cabins of Wilsonia, there are still many unsolved mysteries.
Get your copy here to learn about (or at least just look at) many mysterious buildings in Wilsonia: The Cabins of Wilsonia
Sometimes the backsides of cabins were more interesting to me than the fronts. There are porches, fire rings, sheds, and little paths (in the mountains we tend to refer to paths as “trails”) leading from neighbor to neighbor.
Mountain communities like Wilsonia tend to be very neighborly.
To learn more, you can order your copy of The Cabins of Wilsonia here.
Many of the Wilsonia cabins were difficult to see because cedar trees were in the way.
This was one of those cabins. No problema (a little Spanish lingo for you). I just drew it from the back side.
It is in the book The Cabins of Wilsonia, available for $80 on this link: The Cabins of Wilsonia
Porches, decks, balconies. . . all those outdoor living spaces are very important to all cabins, including Wilsonia cabins.
This one was very charming and it was for sale during the project. A friend bought the cabin, so her daughter secretly bought the drawing for her. Then, the mom secretly bought the drawing of her daughter’s cabin for her!
I was caught in a web of cabin gift giving secrets. It was tricky, but I don’t think I spilled any beans.
This four year project, The Cabins of Wilsonia, had many benefits, and one of them was rekindled and new friendships.
A Wilsonia cabin that sits on a corner got me confused. It looks like this as seen from one lane:
And this is how it looks when you go around the corner:
Are you confused? It took me awhile to figure out this is the same cabin. My excuse is that I had to learn 212 cabins. By the time I finished the book The Cabins of Wilsonia, there were 214 cabins. But, after 4 years, my confusion lessened.
This Wilsonia cabin kept me confused for a long time. The cabin sits on a corner of 2 roads. On one road, it looks very rustic. On the other, it looks like this.
You can see this drawing and one of the other side in The Cabins of Wilsonia, available for sale here.
The book was a huge project. Confusion was a regular occurrence as I worked through how to depict a cabin community with 212 cabins.
This cabin is in Wilsonia and appears in my book The Cabins of Wilsonia, available for $80 here: The Cabins of Wilsonia
My dear friend to whom I occasionally refer on this blog as “The Captain” knits with a woman who married into this cabin.
I know about marrying in. I did it in Mineral King. It’s a great way to get a cabin.
This is a simple board and batten cabin in a box shape, very reminiscent of Mineral King cabins.
The owner was delightful. Her extended family has about 3 cabins, all within shouting distance of one another. We talked on the phone at least one time and she was so encouraging as I was deep into the project of making The Cabins of Wilsonia.
(It is available here at this link: The Cabins of Wilsonia)
The original pencil drawing of this cabin is available for sale.
All the drawings from The Cabins of Mineral King have sold. Most of the original drawings from The Cabins of Wilsonia are still available.
I wonder why? I definitely draw better now!
Life is full of mysteries.
The light on this cabin is just beautiful. Light is EVERYTHING in art.
I never did meet the people who own this cabin. They might not even know there is a book called The Cabins of Wilsonia (available here. for $80) They might not even know that there is a great drawing of their cabin in the book. They might not even know that the original drawing of their cabin is for sale.
Isn’t it great to live in The Information Age??
The Cabins of Wilsonia is available for sale here: The Cabins of Wilsonia
Here is today’s drawing for you.
I donated the original drawing to the silent auction held each year by the Wilsonia cabin owners. Some lucky person outbid her competitors and won the drawing.
THEN, the owners of the cabin became aware of the drawing. Bummer.
I offered to redraw it for them. We were discussing views, and the Rough Fire came along and Wilsonia got closed. Bummer.
The cabin survived, Wilsonia survived and maybe I’ll get to redraw the cabin for the owners next summer.
I do commissioned pencil drawings of cabins all the time. It is how my business began. It is why I call it “cabinart“.