June 6, 2025

coast and vicinity during the Victorian period, he painted from those photographs. The Lake District is an area of England that is due west of Yorkshire. It is a wild area of peaks, lakes and dramatic weather. The north Yorkshire coastal villages are all now part of the North York Moors National Park and remain largely unchanged.

Roland painted villages, abbeys, dales and moorland scenes from all over Yorkshire and other areas of northern England. As he painted, he found himself transported back to the area and reconnected with the timelessness of the terrain, the history and way of life in the dales, moors and coastal villages as well as his own memories.

Roland was a faithful viewer of The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross on PBS and taught himself landscape painting first in oils but switched to acrylics early on. At 92 he was still watching painting shows on PBS, stretching his own canvasses and painting a dozen or so paintings a year. He died in early 2022. His daughter, Vanessa Fishback, has curated a show of her father's paintings in memory of her father for Father's Day.

offering a unique sound that fits perfectly with the distinctive mixture of popular and classical music that defines the group's repertoire. The group enjoys performing in various environments, from private parties and concert stages to farmers markets and art walks. They are all very excited about making music for our friends at Inkberry Books for the upcoming First Friday Artwalk in Niwot.

The Firefly Winds are:

Marilyn Kroner - French horn

Andrea Ojala - soprano saxophone

Laure Sampsel - flute

Mike Taylor - clarinet and music arranger

Sarah Wise – bassoon

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