I am well into the first painting in my series of five for this project. It's a picture of a portable sawmill in operation. It includes some basic Vermont iconography: pickup truck, red barn, mountain ridge. These things are important because they are part of how we define ourselves and part of what we value in living here. These things are part of our past and present, as well as something we want to have in our future. Yeah, probably even pickup trucks! I'm excited and can't wait to get back to work on the painting in the morning!