Wheeling, MD House

Wheeling, Maryland

While exhibiting at the Mountain State Arts and Crafts Festival, in Ripley, West Virginia, a man stopped and asked me about painting the home he grew up in.  Since I had done this plenty times before, I told him what was needed to complete the painting.  He asked if I would be interested in bartering instead of payment in cash.  After finding out that he was a dentist, we decided that I would have some work done every year I returned to the area.

The painting had his whole family outside the home along with the bicycles they had when growing up. I ended up painting another one later of his mother’s homestead for a Christmas present. Here’s the other painting in Kenna, West Virginia.

Oh, by the way, I had my teeth cleaned and whitened, a root canal and a crown, as well a filling. Even Evelyn had her teeth cleaned and whitened. I don’t remember if she had other dental work done, but we didn’t have any insurance at the time, so that was a blessing.

 

 

24” x 36” ………. Original Painting is not available.