"New" Boots
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We are visual artists Justin Richel and Shannon Rankin looking forward to the future where we dream of founding an artist residency and farm on some land that we can call our very own. In the meantime you can follow us here on our journey...
And so it begins with this first post and a photo taken almost exactly 2 years ago, inspired by our friend, artist Pat de Groot who insisted I find myself a pair of "real boots", as we helped her shovel horse manure for her garden. She said that manure was "like having wood in the shed". Now we know what she meant.
After a couple of winters spent at the Fine Arts Work Center, and a number of years spent prior to that living in the "big city" (aka - Portland, Maine) we decided we were ready for a change. We moved way up here to Rangeley, Maine because we needed a little country lifestyle, to get away and dig in a little bit. While living in a shed, we helped build a wood shop for Justin's father, and a small live/work space above it for us. Justin and I realized pretty quickly that we both have a love of nature, and a love of working with the land.
Though this is a temporary place for us, we still intend to make it home for now. This blog is an ongoing record of our time and our process of learning through our experience here and beyond.
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