The Edison and Ford Estates
My friend and I decided to do some landscape painting at the Edison and Ford Estates today. Our friends had said they had seen several landscape painters on the Estates and that painters were encouraged to come.
After we parked, I went to pay any fees and ask permission to paint. After talking with 2 volunteers and another who seemed to be a paid employee, I waited for the Event Coordinator who asked me if I would try to sell my painting. I said I did have a web site and hoped to do so. I then had to sign a couple of papers which, in her words, said that if I became a Van Gogh, I would owe the Estates something. I replied that I would be glad to share with the Estates, but not to hold her breath! At least, I didn’t have to pay!
Edison had imported several varieties of Ficus and Banyan trees as well as several other types of trees, trying to find a method of producing rubber, and they had been planted in a grove next to one of the parking areas. My friend painted a giant Ficus tree and I painted a leafless Bo tree on such a gorgeous day!.