Finding inspiration from nature

Perched atop her Pathfinder, Jessica Day is oblivious to traffic whizzing by on Highway 89. Her focus is on Mount Tallac.

Parked in front of the gate at the Tallac Historic Site, Day is sketching the mountain. Her goal is to redesign the shirts at The Brewery, one of two places she works. (The other is Sierra-at-Tahoe.)

Jessica Day

Bundled in a sweat shirt, her fingers still work despite the chill in

Mount Tallac by Jessica Day.

the air and wind in her face.

“I’m at (Lake Tahoe Community College) dabbling in art and English,” Day said. She graduated from South Tahoe High in 2006.

From the look of her pencil sketch, she is more than dabbling.

— Kathryn Reed