On the right you see the Balboa Commissary where we bought our food & clothes. Across the street, Balboa Road, from the Commissary on the right you see the Balboa Theater & next to it in the middle of the painting you see the Balboa Clubhouse which had a cafeteria, a soda fountain where you could get sandwiches, etc., magazine area, bakery. Upstairs was the barbor shop & the beauty parlor. Behind the Clubhouse was the Balboa Swimming Pool where my dad & Johnny Weismuller (Tarzan) taught me to swim when I was 6 months old.
11 Comments
James Anderson 17 May 2019
Wow! One of your best works!Steve Haynes 15 May 2019
excellent work again Sharon.....Geoff Cooper 13 May 2019
Beautiful creations dear Sharon !Ian Richard Laws 13 May 2019
Sharon as always a great painting and another wonderful memory that you have kindly shared, i am sure you may already have thought about this but combining the paintings and text would make a wonderful exhibition,Sigridur Bachmann 12 May 2019
What a fabulous art of work ! Detail and composition is wonderful+ the texture !Marie josé LAURIER 12 May 2019
DEAR SHARON. I'm sure that the more you paint the more your childhood memories are resurfacing , so each piece of work added to your series is marvelous and tells a story . Thanks for sharing with us .MY PODVernonette Gaddy 11 May 2019
Extremely good painting artwork and sketch artwork Sharon. Johnny Weismuller was my favorite Tarzan actor, and you were very lucky to have personally known him. When I was a child, I also remember watching old reruns of the Jungle Jim TV series starring Johnny Weismuller. :)Lyle Kroll 11 May 2019
Painting is wonderful, Sharon. Had no idea you knew Johnny Weismuller (read your exchange with Brenda). He was the real Tarzan as far as I cared and my Dad said the same. Cool that you actually knew this man personally. :)Brenda Loveless 11 May 2019
Talk about memories! I grew up with Tarzan and thought he was a great diver :-)Ivo Depauw 11 May 2019
Nice to compile childhood memories SharonJoanie Holliday 11 May 2019
MARVELOUS WORK MY FRIEND. A HEART FELT WORK FOR SURE. HUGS