PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING JEFF STRAHL'S KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

Plus Gallery artist Jeff Strahl has launched a kick-starter campaign for his current book project "Little House on the Lake."  According to Jeff,  "My motivation for creating this body of work, this book, comes from my personal experiences with the lake and observing the changing shoreline over the past fifteen years. In my youth, much of the lakefront was dotted with small, well seasoned summer cottages that stood on finely proportioned, tree speckled lots. The lake, and the people lucky enough to live there, had room to breathe. That vision of the shoreline is a vanishing one as lakefront property values, which have traditionally outpaced the average, have exploded over the past two decades. With the increase in property values comes an increase in square footage of the homes, leading to a more densely packed shoreline that has quite dramatically changed the appearance and personality of the lake. In short, the natural desire for these larger modern homes has led to the steady and rapid removal of the lake cottages that once contributed so greatly to Lake Mendota's accessible charm and character.

I set out to artfully photograph the remaining cottages during the summers of 2010 and '11, in an attempt to document them before they are gone. I feel that it is culturally imperative to collectively record these structures for a better understanding of a sense-of-place, nostalgia and preservation for Madisonians, historians, Wisconsinites and lake lovers everywhere."

Read the full text on Jeff's campaign, and help him realize the full extent of his work by contributing at
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/357821741/little-house-on-the-lake-hardcover-book