Zephyr Cove boulder and Bonsai setting

THE BLUE AND AQUAS OF THE LAKE

The blue of the lake ...

“A noble sheet of blue water,” Mark Twain wrote of Lake Tahoe in 1871, “As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords.”

Explorer John C. Fremont first saw Lake Tahoe in 1844 from the top of Red Lake Peak, which is located south of the basin and what is now Carson Pass. He named it Lake Bonpland after a botanist, but then changed it to Mountain Lake. Subsequently it was named Lake Bigler after a California Governor. The US Department of Interior didn’t care for it either, and commissioned Dr. Henry Degroot, a journalist, to come up with a name. Degroot suggested “Tahoe” an Indian name meaning “big water”. It took decades before the name finally stuck, thanks to action in 1945 by the California State Legislature...

Around the island of St. John's, the colors other waters are astonishingly beautiful...

some kind of blue lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe and the tiny sketchbook with a painted view from Rosie's Cafe

A 5 mile bike ride with the family up the side trail of the Truckee River and back to Rosie's cafe for lunch and some time for a quick sketch paint view from the outdoor deck of the restaurant...

Boat House at Erhman site

Boat House at Erhman site, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A painted view of the beautiful and simple wooden boathouse, within the structure the Comanchee speedboat rests...

Lake Da ow a ga, Lake Tahoe,

A detail dive...

 

 

Lake Da ow a ga, Lake Tahoe, , a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

and a sliced portion of the painted view, pier at Suger Pine Point State Park...Tahoe...

Map aerial Tahoe painting

Map aerial Tahoe painting, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A sample painted version of the map portion showing LakeTahoe water hues and lines to the forest ...

Another view of Lake Tahoe

There was single house on a rocky point jutting into the cool blue waters of Meeks Bay of Lake Tahoe,  painted here with adobe ideas...

blue chair

a painting of the view and interior with a blue chair...the blue chair sat silently as the rest of the day passed by...