In Winter of 2017-2018, our community was rocked with a devastating fire and heartbreaking mudslide. This place that we call home looks very different, and it feels very different. At Latitudes Fine Art Gallery, we have a unique niche - part art, and part heart. When our Latitudes Family stops by now, we ask how they’re doing and hold our breath. More often than not, our exhale is with relief that their homes were spared… but sometimes it is a sigh of sorrow. We love our community and hate to see it suffering. Steve Munch and Stephanie Hogue So much of our world can easily be taken for granted as it becomes ordinary and familiar. Through the lens of our camera, we search for treasures. Sometimes the images present themselves, other days they aren’t so obvious. But the difficult days are the most rewarding and often most surprising. Those are the days when we find beauty in the smallest things... the fleeting moments and the subtle gifts that surround us. These moments are the ones we love to share the most. Steve and Stephanie One thing we weren’t expecting, was to hear from our Latitudes Family who lost their homes, so quickly after the fire. It seemed strange to us that replacing lost artwork was so high on anyone’s list. But we came to discover something we never really knew before - artwork has a power that we just didn’t realize. When you are uprooted unexpectedly, and staring at blank walls in a new place with nothing that feels like home, familiar artwork can be the anchor that you need to begin to recover again. Looking around a room and seeing your favorite little turtle or landscape of your town, or the pier that you and your partner picked out years ago, can give you hope for tomorrow. We didn’t know how much our artwork impacted people on such a subconscious level until now, and we are truly humbled by it. Objects carry with them energy and stories. To hear that “she just wants her Two Trees back on the wall”, breaks our hearts and opens us up deeper and in new ways, every time. It makes us understand ourselves and others better, it makes us better artists, and, better humans. This disaster has changed the landscape of our land, lives and hearts. We will never forget, but we will rise again, together, stronger than ever. Thank you for being a part of our Latitudes Family.
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