June 15, 2017
“TIMBER TRAIL”
by Martin Weekly
At the foot of the Sierra Nevada range the small town of Exeter, California has long played an important role in the economy of the state, as both ranch land and for its agricultural role in growing oranges and grapes. As a gateway to Sequoia National Park however, it also had a long history with the lumber industry, and Atwell Mill—now site of a popular campground—provided much of the towns building materials in the late 1800s. Born in Exeter in 1936 Martin Weekly eventually built a home in the foothills East of Sacramento where he committed himself to fine art, and for several years he and his late wife Pat operated a gallery in Carmel, California where askART says he exhibited his own work along with that of friends. Showing off his talents on a little larger scale in 2001, Weekly’s impressionistic mural on E Street for the city of Exeter remembers the mule trains used to transport logs to the mill many years ago.
