Monday, December 17, 2018

NOTE: ALL PAINTINGS ARE 20% OFF LISTED PRICE AT THIS TIME

22 X 28 WATERCOLOR, MATTED, FRAME AND PLEXIGLASS.
DAISEY BOUQUET $500

12 X 12 ACRYLIC, WRAP CANVAS..HUNTER'S POINT NEAR COPPER HARBOR
$90

22 X 28 WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC, MATTED, FRAMED WITH PLEXIGLASS
WILD TANSY AND CHICKORY $500

IF YOU WISH TO GET YOUR OWN  MATT & FRAMING, DEDUCT $100...AND 20% OFF BESIDES


PAINTINGS AVAILABLE....CALL OR TEXT ME AT 906-369-2468 PAINTINGS ARE 20% OFF AT THIS TIME 9-2468 IF INTERESTED

24 AND 40 ACRYLIC, WRAP CANVAS, NEEDS NO FRAME
LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE $500


11 X 14 HAVEN'S FALLS...(SORRY, NO FRAME AS SHOWN)  WRAP CANVAS, NEEDS NO FRAME
ACRYLIC..$200

11 X 14 ACRYLIC, FRAMED, ESREY PARK IN THE KEWEENAW
$250




11 X 14 ACRYLIC, CANVAS WRAP, JACOB'S FALLS $200

12 X 12 ACRYLIC...MEGA ENLARGED BLUEBERRY BLOSSOMS
(blossoms are super small, but are beautiful) $80

8 x 10 framed, watercolor, copper country thimbleberries $50

24 X 30 FRAMED WATERCOLOR , MAUVE MAT, PLEXIGLASS FRAMED,
COPPER COUNTRY WILD FLOWERS ($400---)

HAPPY COUPLE....KELSEY (TIKKANEN) AND TOM RANDELL
MARRIED IN CALUMET LAST WKEND

THIS IS WILLISTON AND DICKENSON, NO.DAK., COMBINED SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS  PROGRAM PHOTO..(thanks, wally)  HOW BLESSED THEY ARE TO HAVE THEIR LITTLE CONGREGATION OUT WEST.

KINDA LATE ON THIS PHOTO...STANLEY HELMINEN, SVEN TOROLA , SAUL TOLKKINEN, ELI ANDERSON AND CALVIN HELMINEN...

TINA (HYRKAS) ZEGEL WITH KIDS NATHAN AND JANA
THEY LIVE IN LONGMONT, CO

I PAINTED THIS TINY PICTURE OF MY CASITA LAST YEAR AND PUT IT IN THIS XMAS TREE ORNAMENT FRAME

THIS YEAR, I HAD PORCELAIN ORNAMENTS WITH THE PAINTING OF MY CASITA FOR ALL THE KIDS...WITH DATES 2002-2018....IN MEMORY OF MINE AND PETE'S FAVORITE PLACE.  I SOLD THE CASITA THIS SUMMER, I KNOW IT WAS TIME, IN MY OLD AGE.
(a good idea for gifts for even weddings, anniversaries, etc.... in any kind of material, and comes in this elegant velvet bag)

Friday, December 14, 2018

The Alaska gang has taken over my tradition on making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers and melted white chocolate...i retired and they took over.....







Tuesday, December 4, 2018

HAD A GREAT TIME IN MENAHGA THIS THANKSGIVING...21 OF US AT ANDREA AND LOREN HAVERINEN'S (MARGIE AND BRIAN'S DAUGHTER) IN THEIR BRAND NEW HOME...EVERYBODY PITCHED IN WITH BRINGING ALL KITCHEN STUFF OVER FROM A 100 FEET AWAY, WHILE US LADIES PUT IT AWAY, FURNITURE WAS BROUGHT OVER, BRIAN DID A BUNCH OF CARPENTERING WITH SHELVES, GUYS GOT THE WASHER AND DRYER SET AND WORKING, ETC.,ETC.  THEN PREP FOR PIES AND TURKEY DAY...WE HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING EACH OTHER AS WELL AS SEVERAL IN THE CONGREGATION.  THE NEXT DAY, THE YOUNGIES MADE ABOUT 40 PASTIES....

JULIA'S HUSBAND, JAKE AHO "SHOVELING" THE BANANA CREAM PIE  IN

JULIA HERSELF

WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE OUR BABYSITTER WE HAD WHEN WE LIVED IN MPLS....HELEN KERANEN, LEFT FRONT.  WE HAD A GOOD REUNION....(ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, HAVENT SEEN HER SINCE!)  HELEN AND HUSBAND BILL RATH, AND SHARON AND DICK SILTALA...AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE....JUST HAVE TO GO THERE EVERY TIME WE ARE IN MENAHGA...YUM

IHAZEL AND ART SKOOG, WHO LIVE AT ROSE HAVEN, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN MENAHGA.  GREAT TO SEE THEM....I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS PHOTO!

DIGGING IN AT OUR TURKEY DAY...

JULIE SALMEN, KAREN SKOOG, ?, ANDREA JOHNSON, ? (KATHLEEN AND MIKE PIETILA'S DAUGHTER, CAN'T REM. NAME....SOMEBODY GIVE ME NAMES?) IN THE NEW CHURCH....SO MANY PEOPLE TO VISIT, NOT ENUF TIME!

OUR HOST AND HOSTESS...ANDREA AND LOREN (CAN YOU TELL THAT THE GUYS HAD THE HARDEST JOB? HEH!)

ME AND MY BUDDY LEMPI ROIKO, 95 YEARS STRONG...LIVES AT ROSE HAVEN ALSO...GOOD VISIT, WE ARE CONNECTED TO SCRABBLE AGAIN.  YEA!

AT THE COTTAGE HOUSE...AARON LEHTO, HANS JOSEPHSON, NICK SKOOG AND ? NISKA (i dont think i got the names in right order...)

darlene, julia and brian.....

WOULDN'T YOU. KNOW!!!!  OOOO, I LOVE BCP!

THE NEW CHURCH IS ON THE LEFT, OLD ON THE RIGHT.  THE DINING AREA WAS DONE A WHILE BACK, IT IS CONNECTED ALREADY, AND THERE'S A TEMPORARY BREEZEWAY TO THE OLD CHURCH....

MANY PEOPLE GO INTO THE NEW CHURCH AFTER SERVICES....THEY ARE SO HAPPY, AND HOPE TO HAVE THE SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM THERE.  THERE WILL BE CARPETING DOWN THE TWO AISLES, BUT NOT UNDER THE BENCHES.  THE NEW ORGAN WILL BE IN THE FRONT.  WE IN CALUMET KNOW THE FEELING AND ANTICIPATION AND THE THANKFULNESS TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THIS HAPPENING!

CHECK OUT MY PAINTINGS ON "COPPER COUNTRY ART, BY ARTIST, ELLEN TOROLA" FACEBOOK.......
LARGER PAINTINGS WILL BE REDUCED....TEXT ME OR CALL IF INTERESTED IN A PURCHASE...
ONE FOR ANY AGE, EVEN A BABY....