Pedal Cars-Blue
Nostalgia
J H Butterfield’s
J H Butterfields
Bar Harbor, Maine
While we had finished our southern and east coast art tour, we thought we would take a break and take a short vacation. Since we hadn’t seen the states in the New England area, we decided to take a trip to Maine. Along the way, we took a lot of pictures, which I have painted a few of them. I struck gold in Bar Harbor, Maine when I saw J H Butterfield and the Christmas Spirit Shop on the main street of the small village. The Christmas Spirit Shop painting was on the cover of Sunshine Artist magazine for the December issue in 1999. The J H Butterfield store became one of my favorite paintings. You don’t see stores like this anymore. I was fascinated by the history of the store, as it changed to making wreaths in the off season, shipping them all over the country and then catering to the locals and tourism during the peak season.
While at Prater’s Mill Festival in Dalton, Georgia, it was raining quite hard, so I left the painting in the trailer, but I had some prints at my display. A lady from Chattanooga, TN stopped at the booth and fell in love with the print, but asked if I had the original painting. A long story short, I made a trip to the trailer and she purchased the painting.
The Christmas Spirit Shop painting in Bar Harbor.
Prints:
PAPER PRINTS are 23.5″ X 19.5″ and are available for $65.00, shipped in tube.
ALL PRINTS are printed on canvas and stretched on wooden stretcher bars and prices vary according to size ordered. Most are 2:3 proportion
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wrapped print- part of the image is wrapped
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Non-wrapped print- The full image is on the face, with white or black edges
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20″ x 24″Black Edge………. $148.82
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Norman’s #2
Hot Air Balloon-Pepsi
Hot air balloons were all from an Art Festival I exhibited at in Wytheville, Virginia. I won the Grand Champion award for my painting of J H Butterfield’s store located in Bar Harbor, Maine. Here are links to the other hot air balloons…
Pepsi Covered Bridge
No Prints Available of this painting.
Links to other covered bridge paintings I have done can be found here:
Euharlee Covered Bridge-Spring
Prints Not Available
Lighthouse-White Shoal
White Shoal Light
Lake Michigan
Located in Lake Michigan, the White Shoal Light, built in 1912, is 20 miles west of the Mackinac Bridge, which separates Michigan from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (known as the U. P.).
The light had a range up to 28 miles, with its 124 ft. height and 1.2 million candle power. The red and white (Candy cane style) stripe is the only one of its kind in the U.S. Cape Hatteras and St. Augustine both have black and white stripes.
While in Michigan, I painted many local landmarks for the public to recognize, with the White Shoal light being one of them. I had painted other lighthouses, with 2 of them in Michigan, while the others were along the Florida coast. The painting was in the earlier part of my traveling career, around 1984.
My lighthouse paintings was one of the most asked for set of framed prints during our years of traveling around the Country exhibiting my artwork. Here are links to all of them…
Livingstone Memorial Light House
Lerner Theatre Sign
The Lerner Theatre Sign
Elkhart, IN
The Lerner Theatre is the key focus of Elkhart, Indiana with their giant sign inviting everyone up and down Main Street to see what’s going on inside the Lerner Theatre, whether it is a performance, movie, or another type of gathering.
When you see the big Lerner sign, you cannot help, but to immediately read what is on the marquee below. It is always exciting when you see that sign with anticipation of the performance you are about to witness.
This painting was selected to exhibit at the Juried Regional at the Midwest Museum of American Art, located in Elkhart, IN.
Other Theatres I have painted are: The Palace in South Bend, IN; The Reese in Plymouth, IN; Fox in Detroit, Atlanta’s Fox, Fox #2 in Atlanta; The Chicago Theatre; The Los Angeles Theatre; Loew’s Theatre in Jersey City, NJ, Warner Theatre, Elkhart.
Other Theatres I have painted are: The Palace in South Bend, IN; The Reese in Plymouth, IN; Fox in Detroit, Atlanta’s Fox, Fox #2 in Atlanta; The Chicago Theatre; The Los Angeles Theatre; Loew’s Theatre in Jersey City, NJ, Warner Theatre, Elkhart .
Sewing Shadows
“Sewing Shadows”
Pine Mountain, Georgia
While exhibiting at art shows and festivals around the country, I shared some of my still life artistry, as well as historical and popular places. One of my still life paintings was of an old-discarded sewing machine. I found the sewing machine in a junk shop in Pine Mountain, Georgia. The machine was sitting partially in the shadows, which caused me to name it “Sewing Shadows.”
I eventually painted a set that complimented this painting: The Lantern, the Wicker Chair and the milk can. They all came from that same junk shop, we found along the road.
Gresham’s Grist Mill
Gresham’s Mill
Also known as Sixes Road Mill,
Canton, Georgia
Sixes Mill, was one of the earliest settlements in north Georgia. Located in the Georgia Gold Belt, which runs along the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, prospectors originally built the mill around 1820. The mill survived the Civil War and was reconstructed between 1878 and 1880. The mill sits along Sixes Road about 3 miles west of Holly Springs, Georgia.
Since I had done several Art Shows and Festivals in the north Georgia area, including Acworth, Cartersville, Cummings, Marietta and surrounding the Atlanta area, I had several requests of prints of the mill. It became part of my Grist Mill print set, which included Stone Mountain Mill, GA Summer, Stone Mountain Mill, GA Spring, Starr’s Mill, Sixes Mill, from GA and Pigeon Forge Mill in Tennessee.
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
Stone Mountain Grist Mill-Spring
Prints:
ALL PRINTS are printed on canvas and stretched on wooden stretcher bars and prices vary according to size ordered. Most are 2:3 proportion
Options:
wrapped print- part of the image is wrapped
around the sides of the wood.
Non-wrapped print- The full image is on the face, with white or black edges
(frames and hardware are not included)
11″ x 14″Black Edge………. $148.82
11″ x 14″ White Edge………. $148.82 11″ x 14″ Wrapped Edge………. $148.8216″ x 20″ Black Edge ………. $204.72
16″ x 20″ White Edge………. $204.72 16″ x 20″ Wrapped Edge………. $204.72 16″ x 20″ ………. $375.00 original painting on stretched canvas not available. Stone Mountain Grist Mill-Summer
Stone Mountain Grist Mill (Summer)
Stone Mountain, Georgia
As an artist, I am always looking at things differently than most. I have painted several nostalgic businesses around the country, many of them commissioned. This painting is one of my favorites, as it was one of my first attempts at Acrylic painting, after previously working in oil paints.
I hadn’t yet refined my detail, but it convinced me to continue painting in acrylics. I never sold this 24″x30″ canvas painting, as it hangs in my son’s living room, framed in barn wood. This was also the largest painting I had done up until then, which was in 1976.
The old mill is located within the Stone Mountain Park, east of Atlanta, Georgia. Home of the Yellow Daisy Festival, one of the top Arts & Crafts Festivals in the country. It was one of my favorite shows where I exhibited for several years.
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
Stone Mountain Grist Mill-Spring
Prints:
ALL PRINTS are printed on canvas and stretched on wooden stretcher bars and prices vary according to size ordered. Most are 2:3 proportion
Options:
wrapped print- part of the image is wrapped
around the sides of the wood.
Non-wrapped print- The full image is on the face, with white or black edges
(frames and hardware are not included)
20″ x 24″Black Edge………. $148.82
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20″ x 24″ White Edge………. $148.82
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20″ x 24″ Wrapped Edge………. $148.82
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30″ x 36″ Black Edge ………. $204.72
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30″ x 36″ White Edge………. $204.72
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30″ x 36″ Wrapped Edge………. $204.72
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30″ X 36″ original painting on stretched canvas not available.