Susan's Field Study Journal

Tonight is my last night in Huahine and tomorrow I start the long trip (another overnight flight and most of two days) back to Olympia, arriving Sunday evening.  I’m sad to be leaving this bit of tropical paradise.  It’s evening here and kids are still playing in the lagoon, constantly laughing.  In three weeks, I’ve […]

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I’m finishing the paintings and still working on my field journal.  This morning we had a bit of a thrill with the tsunami siren went off!!!  It turned out, thankfully, to be a drill.  Had it been a real tsunami coming, supposedly ” a cute Tahitian” would come running down the beach to tell us.  […]

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Yesterday we had a real tropical blow with high winds and rain all day, including thunder.  It was pretty exciting!  Today the sun has returned and I’m back to work outside.  I’ve got nine pictures altogether in process, so I might get ten done after all, but adding the objects can take a long time.  […]

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The time seems to be zipping by!  I’ve been working on six small paintings.  A couple are done.  Some I keep tinkering with and just need to let go of.  The air is so warm here (about 85 degrees) that the acrylics dry instanteously, and I’m wishing I had brought retarder with me.  There is […]

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This is what the sky looks like in the evenings, only with more intense color.  In the morning at 7:00 the fishermen bring the fish to the local market, five minutes walk from where we are staying.  The colors of the fish are amazing!

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Here’s the first small painting, almost done.  I’ll be adding small objects today. Here’s another one nearly done. See “More Week 7” link at top of page. Thursday, February 17th I arrived safely in Huihini on Monday and have been astounded by the lush vegitation, rich French-polynesian culture, smiling people and amazing skies and water.  […]

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