A History of Americana in Art
Here the links to the other lures I have painted: Paw Paw Lippy Joe, Carter’s Best Ever, Flat Fish Frog and Pikie Minnow.
Here are links to salmon flies I have painted: Blue Doctor, black and white hook, black hook and small fly.
Related to fishing, here are three other paintings you may be interested in.
Farm House
Kenna, West Virginia
While exhibiting at the Mountain State Arts & Crafts Festival in Ripley, West Virginia, we met a Dentist who wanted to barter for a painting of his boyhood home. After completing the painting, we also agreed on a painting of his mother’s home in Kenna, West Virginia. In the painting, he also wanted the old classic car you see in the painting. To see the first painting, click here.
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Skyline Chili & Wienermobile.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Skyline Chili is well known around Cincinnati, so while in the area exhibiting in several shows, I decided to paint one of their locations. Actually, I painted 2 Skyline paintings, one commissioned by a customer, to include his car in the painting. (View)
The painting above was the closest to the original restaurant, which has since closed. Since they were famous for chili dogs, I included the original Wienermobile in the painting. I didn’t know what brand of hot dogs they used, but the Skyline Chili Restaurant with the Wienermobile was quite a popular painting.
24” x 36” ………. $1,295.00 Original Painting
Starr’s Grist Mill
Fayetteville, Georgia
Starr’s Mill was used as one of the sites used in the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes”. Built in 1825 along the Whitewater Creek about 25 miles south of Atlanta with nearby towns of Senoia and Starr’s Mill. It was one of several mills I painted throughout my years on the road, exhibiting at Art Shows and Festivals. The painting is part of the sets of 4 , related to the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes” and Grist Mills.
Grist Mills have always had a special interest to me, they are fascinating, and brilliant planning for the water to do the hard work! Here are some grist mills around the Country that I have painted,
Stone Mountain Grist Mill-Summer
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Tri-Way Drive-in Outdoor Theatre
Plymouth, Indiana.
The Drive-in Theatres dwindled in numbers, as developers bought up the properties, I tried to capture the images of a few of those theatres. One of the few remaining theatres in Indiana, is the Tri-way in Plymouth, Indiana. It has 3 screens so they can show several movies at once, to bring in larger crowds.
This painting was done at a time before the recent remodeling a few years ago, which included the neon sign. I personally like the older sign, which I captured in the painting. There are a number of the cars you may have seen during the outdoor theatre era.
As you drove to the parking spot, the ground was raised in the front for easy visibility to see the movie. The pole next to the car held the speakers, which could be removed and placed inside the car, complete with volume control. Most people hung it on the window and then rolled it up as far as they could. The biggest problem was the failure to put the speaker back on the pedestal before leaving at the end of the movie, ripping the cord and taking the speaker with them. Many memories were made at the outdoor theatres. They had the concession stand in a building, which also housed the movie projector. Some even had playgrounds below the screen, for the parents to entertain their children before the start of the movie, although I never saw anyone use them.
Other Outdoor Movie Theatres I have painted are: 28th Street Drive-in, St. Petersburg, FL; Ft. George Drive in Theatre, Southfield, MI
Monaco Bay,
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
During one of my Arts Festival shows that was in the middle of downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on a main street, I met a man that was interested in a painting of his business. After the show, we were taken on a tour of his Las Vegas Style nightclub, called Monaco Bay, which featured Dueling Pianos. I was commissioned to paint the building, He later commissioned me to paint an apartment building, called The Prange Building.
The Nightclub was located at 300 E. Michigan Ave. They have Dueling Pianos every Friday and Saturday night, with the dinner show at 7 pm.
24” x 36” ………. Original Painting is not available.