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Rebecca Fullerton, Artist, Avid Hiker and Archivist By Rosalie Triolo Photos Submitted by Rebecca Fullerton Encouraged to draw by her mom and introduced to hiking by her dad, Rebecca Fullerton, today a talented and accomplished artist, as well as an avid hiker, looks back on her childhood and explains, “Before I started school — probably when I was three — my mom would take out crayons and paper and draw a horse or other animal figures for me to copy.” Smiling, Rebecca admitted, “Not a very good horse, I’m afraid.” Rebecca copied the horse and other figures, improving each time she put crayon to paper. At an early age, Rebecca’s dad took her hiking through the White Mountains, fostering her appreciation and love of its landscapes of rugged hilly trails and its streams of cold mountain water rushing over boulders and rocks. By the time she was in second and third grades, she remembers looking out her classroom windows at the tree-covered mountains she would someday set to canvas. Rebecca credits her elementary school teachers with encouraging her to pursue her dreams and enrich her drawing skills. “My paintings are love letters to the mountains,” Rebecca goes on to say. “The tough, rugged, steep, tree-covered mountains are ever-changing and never the same because of the unpredictable weather. The White Mountains have been referred to as the Switzerland of America.” She exquisitely expresses in her Artist’s Statement, “I want the view-
Beyond the Ravines er to experience a walk in the woods through my work, to feel the rocky trail underfoot, smell the earth tones of moss and soil, feel the delicate warmth of a sunbeam, and face the force of the wind on a mountaintop.” Rebecca’s fondness for the White Mountains is unmistakable in her landscape paintings. “I paint the White Mountains of New Hampshire and other New England scenes in watercolors and oil paints. In my work I try to capture a sense of place: the deep forests; rushing rivers, steep trails and incredible mountain scenery found in this re-
gion.” An admirer of nature’s backdrops, Rebecca embraces her role as archivist for the Appalachian Mountain Club. She has had the opportunity to explore some of the off-the-beaten-path, sometimes wild and at other times precarious trails in the White Mountains. Always prepared with a sketchbook and camera, using her extensive hiking skills and talent as an artist, Rebecca has visited all eight of the “AMC’s High Huts of the White Mountains.” Returning to her studio, Rebecca captures in fine art prints or in small blank
greeting cards the beacons of safety in the vast and rugged wilderness of the White Mountains. She transports you through her art to the AMC’s huts with their own characteristics, each hut having its own story. Lonesome Lake Hut is a short, yet steady 1.2-mile uphill climb from Lonesome Lake Trailhead. Located at Mount Lafayette is the third-highest hut, the Greenleaf Hut, with views of the Franconia Range. The relatively difficult hike of 4.6 miles from the trailhead to the Galehead Hut is thought to be in the most remote area of AMC’s White Mountain huts, on the Garfield Range. An easier hike in summer to the Zealand Falls Hut, located in Zealand Notch, is 2.8 miles. However, in winter, the trail is rated as a moderate 6.5mile snowshoe or ski trail. Mizpah Spring Hut near Mount Pierce in the White Mountains has incredible views of the Dry River Wilderness and Crawford Notch. Known for its difficult and steep rocky terrain, Lake of the Clouds Hut sits between Mount Washington and Mount Monroe. The Madison Spring Hut is the oldest hut, built in 1888 in the White Mountains, located between Mount Madison and Mount Adams. Open all year-round, Carter Notch Hut, the easternmost hut in the White Mountains, is nestled between Wildcat Mountain and Carter Dome. Over the years, Rebecca has hiked
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