We're going to take a step back this week, as well as as a step forward into the next archive of Pete Hampton's paintings.
These last few weeks I've been posting links to The Lost Canyon Project on my local "Next Door" site, and I've been very happy to see an increase in blog traffic as a result. Wish I'd done it earlier! Welcome, and thank you for stopping by. Pete's paintings were all about the hills and history of Whittier and La Habra, California. It makes sense that the residents of La Habra and Whittier would find this stuff interesting.
So for those who are just joining us, I'm going to give a quick review of what the Lost Canyon Project is all about.
Pete
Hampton (1940-2018) was a wildly eccentric, some would say ‘mad’ artist. I first met Pete in the summer of 1963. He was my oldest friend. I believe he was a
genius.
He was a painter of nature, and most of his work is of the Puente Hills in Whittier, and La Habra Heights, California. Pete’s paintings of old La Habra and the Whittier Hills are breath taking; his stories strange, and often terrifying.
He created multi-media slide shows: photographs of his paintings with music, sound effects, and even smell effects.
The shows told the stories of Pete's adventures in the Whittier Hills. He created the show to make people aware of the beauty in those hidden canyons so that the hills would be preserved from development. Pete Hampton's mission in life was to save the hills.
He was a painter of nature, and most of his work is of the Puente Hills in Whittier, and La Habra Heights, California. Pete’s paintings of old La Habra and the Whittier Hills are breath taking; his stories strange, and often terrifying.
He created multi-media slide shows: photographs of his paintings with music, sound effects, and even smell effects.
The shows told the stories of Pete's adventures in the Whittier Hills. He created the show to make people aware of the beauty in those hidden canyons so that the hills would be preserved from development. Pete Hampton's mission in life was to save the hills.
Pete gave his multi-media slide show, "The Lost Canyon Trip" at
The Gem in La Habra Heights and other small venues around Whittier and La Habra
during the mid 1960’s through the late 70’s.
Pete passed away in July,
2018. I have been cataloguing Pete’s artwork for the Hampton family, and
keeping an account of the project on this blog “The Lost Canyon Project.” 
The first seven posts, beginning with "A Scattering of Ashes", and ending with "Closing the Circle" tell the very strange story of how this all came about.
This week's paintings are the first look at Archive #12: "Pictures to the Lost Canyon Trip 1962/1970" This collection is huge. I shot 90 photos for the first session, and I don't think I'm halfway through the stack. There is wonderful stuff here.
Thank you for stopping by.
Next week: deeper into the twelfth archive.>
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