“Sailing On Words” by Jennifer Lockwood was completed in 2003. It is an image of three sailboats sailing on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. The sailboats represent the three towns surrounding the lake—Lake Geneva, Fontana and Williams Bay.
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The original collage was pieced together by hand from words cut from magazines, menus, brochures, flyers and business cards from around the area. The work took four months to create. Actual size is 18 X 24 inches, and it fits in a standard-size frame.
Approximately 950 people, places and things were included here in this guide—both historical and new. You will find names of the towns’ founders, festivals, museums, hotels, restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, shops, galleries, artists, photographers, parks, streets, statues, notable buildings, companies, politicians and other notable names from the area.
You will also find things that are rooted in the area, such as the Amos ‘n Andy radio show, the Andy Gump comic strip, the “Mr. Buffo,” “Willy’n Ethel,” and “Tommy” comics, and the soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” The area is also home of the U.S. Mailboat tour and the largest refracting telescope. J.D. Salinger wrote his “Catcher in the Rye” here while holed up at the Lazy Cloud.
Some historical facts about the area were also included. For example, known as the Newport of the West, the area was built during the 1890’s. One of the great blue lakes, Geneva Lake is 9 miles long and has 26 miles of shoreline. It is a 21 mile walk around the lake and there are 40 acres of wetland. A great place for fishing, Geneva Lake’s clean, clear water is filled with Northern Pike, Bluegill, Perch (Walleye), Brown and Rainbow Trout, Crappie, and smallmouth and largemouth bass (White bass).
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