Happy 4th of July everyone! New paintings to post tomorrow.

Or rather, the great light north. 24 hour sunlight! It was fantastic. Mark is from Alaska and we love to visit his family whenever we can, unfortunately due to the distance we don’t get to go as much as we’d like. However this last week was amazing and we were glad to spend time with them.

(click any of these to view larger)

Alaska from the air

We were picked up from the airport in style!

Island fun, where Mark grew up

Ack, so pretty (you really should click these to view them larger)

Boat trip on the Chena River in Fairbanks, with Mark’s sister and family pup, Dalli (named after the Dall Sheep, Mark’s dad is a wildlife biologist)

And quite a daredevil to boot!

I *finally* saw a moose on this trip, in fact I saw 5!

Horseback riding at Chena Hot Springs. Mark’s horse, Butch, was adorable

We toured the Musk Ox farm too, officially called the Large Animal Research Station (L.A.R.S.)

Musk Oxen skulls

We also visited the Ice Musuem, a motel made of ice! You can rent a chamber there to the tune of $600 per night, though they said only 3 people have made it the whole night without fleeing to warmer sleeping quarters. I can’t blame them, it was 20 degrees and the 45 minute tour seemed pretty long. At the end we got to sit at the ice bar and drink appletinis out of glasses made of ice! The stools were covered in caribou hide to keep you from sticking, it was fantastic.

Brr. Makes me cold just looking at those pictures. So fun though, the whole trip.

On a business note, I have a whole box of paintings about six months old that have never been on the site. They’ve made their way up from a show in Seattle all the way here, so as soon as I pick them up they’ll be on the site.

In the mean time, you can find my affordable art at these places:

*also, you can buy online at all of these sites except for the Anne Bonny*
www.andreaheimer.com (paintings last added mid June)
Vitamin Design (Hurry! Only 3 of these left. Why the heck is no one buying “Curtain”? -Love- that one!)
Bluebottle Art
Buzzy Cruz etsy shop (drawings)
The Anne Bonny in Seattle