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A Peek Inside The Cherry Life!
Madonna Siles. (She does love it here.)
Painter/Writer/Door County’er’.
Q&A/A chapter of her book/Links to art.
Name: Madonna Siles
Where do you live?
Sturgeon Bay
When did you discover
Door County? A family
vacation at 9 years old.
Memories of your early
experiences? Our family
stayed at the Alpine Resort. At
the time, it was very much like the
movie Dirty Dancing. A resort
where the men wore ties and
jackets to dinner and the ladies
wore dresses and pearls. A live
band played nightly and there
was always dancing and shows.
It was just such a fun, magical
experience.
Describe your
connection to, or maybe
passion for Door
County... I feel an energy
similar to the vortexes of the
hallowed Indian grounds in
Sedona, Arizona. It is an
energy that is peaceful, and
emotionally and artistically
energizing all at once.
What made you
realize that this Door
County dream / life,
the place you fell in
love with as a kid, had
become the place you
now call home? It has
always been home to me, even
as a kid. It has always been
my, “go to quiet place, even if
only in thought”. All my life,
throughout college, as a
professional in Chicago. It
has been a spiritual and
emotional retreat.
Which is where the genesis of
the book comes from.
What do you love
most about Door
County? The best things
about Door County have not
really changed over time.
The things I love most about
Door County are the unlimited
resources of incredible,
beautiful and dramatic
landscape scenes for plein air
painting. If you s хɔ