30 / Woodcutters
The fourth and final oil painting of the series by Darrell Austin, Woodcutters. Be sure to look over the balcony at eye-level for another petroglyph chipped into the chimney. This one reveals a circular wheel with four cogs known as a collection of arms and hands that represent the community of artists and builders who created the lodge.
Another dining alcove in this north side of the Mezzanine gifts you an inspiring view of the mountain and the Palmer snowfield. Handwoven draperies inside the dining alcove are true to the spirit of the originals of the 1930s and feature the era’s bright colors and horizontal stripes. All are from restoration projects of 1975 to current. Look again at the chimney for another ornament, “Medicine Man with a pipe and Thunderbird.”
Oil painting, Woodcutters, by Darrell Austin, 1936
Stone chimney ornament, Working Hands, by WPA stone workers.
Stone chimney ornament, Medicine Man with a Pipe and Thunderbird, by WPA stone workers.
LOCATION: MEZZANINE (NORTH)
PAINTINGS- STONE- TEXTILES