To be a painter on a lake is to have a movable feast for the eyes.
Jean Accola, an oil painter who lives on the shore of Little Sissabagama Lake, or “Little Siss,” in southern Sawyer County, is auctioning on Facebook a series of paintings that have a single theme — the beauty of Little Sissabagama.
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