Mary’s Voice: Posthumously Speaking 13

Detail “San Simeon Lighthouse”

San Simeon Lighthouse 
& Cabin in the Mountains

By Mary Alice Condley (1925-2007)

[Editor’s Note: We are grateful to Maryjo Williams for sharing two more paintings by my sister Mary Alice Condley. Maryjo is the daughter of Chloe, a sister of Mary’s husband, Elbert O. Condley.
    [Maryjo (or Mary Jo) was named after Mary and lived for a time with Mary and Elbert as a child. Years later, when she was visiting Mary and admired her paintings, Mary told Maryjo she could have whichever one she wanted.

“San Simeon Lighthouse” (12" x 16")

[“When I saw ‘San Simeon Lighthouse,’ I was hooked. That was a favorite spot for us both. She & Eb visited there whenever they went to the coast. I camped out there often in my 30s & 40s and slept there on the beach.”
    [The second painting belongs to Maryjo’s sister Mae McKay, who kindly sent Maryjo a photograph of it:

“Cabin in the Mountains” (16" x 20")

[“Mary gave it to Mae the last time she & Eb came to Arkansas. Mary told her, ‘I brought you this if you want it.’ Mae was extremely glad. Uncle Elbert made the frame.”]

Copyright © 2019 by Moristotle