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Project 24: Chateau de Leelanau
Matt Gregory and me with the mural I painted on the south wall of Chateau de Leelanau Starting the day at Chateau de Leelanau and ending it on the beautiful property of Good Harbor is not a bad day. It...
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Project 24: Forty-Five North
We’ll circle back to Good Harbor in a bit, but first … It was a warm, sunny day, perfect in every way: crisp, clear and inviting. Time spent on the Leelanau Peninsula can feel that way in any weather...
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Project 24: Ciccone Vineyards
Not far from Forty-Five North, you’ll find Ciccone Vineyards. Tony and Joan Ciccone started planting vines in 1995 — by hand, a true labor of love. These two are passionate about making wine (can you...
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Project 24: Good Harbor Vineyards
Eventually I tore myself away from Chateau de Leelanau to paint the next breathtaking view, heading off to Good Harbor Vineyards. I met Debbie, Sam and Taylor Simpson several years ago. Debbie and her...
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Project 24: Blustone Vineyards
When the landscape is your subject and paint your medium, you could ask for little else in life than to be dropped on the Leelanau Peninsula. Right in the middle of the peninsula, right off M-204, you...
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Project 24: Good Neighbor Organic Vineyards & Winery
Good Neighbor Organic Vineyards & Winery: It’s an organic experience — as the sign says, after all! This Northport-based winery and tasting room, owned by partners Ben and Janah Crow and Court and...
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Project 24: Laurentide Winery
Walk with me through the vines. Every day would be fine. Each time I am afforded this luxury, I’m taken aback by the magic — and in awe of the hard work associated with maintaining a vineyard. I can’t...
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Project 24 pieces still available!
Project 24 was an effort to capture the landscapes of all of the Leelanau Peninsula wineries in paint, to connect you to the land that your wine comes from. You all made that project a wonderful, huge...
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A Fall Guide to Leelanau
We are really lucky this year. The fall colors are lasting, and as I type, on Oct. 23, color has not quite reached peek in a Leelanau. This is rare, and I think you should take advantage of it and...
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Seasons along “The Road of Dreams”
8×8 oil painting You can feel your blood pressure drop when you arrive on M22, that road of dreams. The world just feels like a better place when you’re here. The pine trees seem just a bit taller and...
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