Over and again, a local resident from Bridgewater has put on canvas the spectacular image of Shenandoah Valley. Having been painting for 36 years of her life, capturing landscape beauty isn't the only reason why she carries around easel and oils to mountains and cornfields. She uses pictures cut from newspapers as a base to paint as well.
According to her, this allows her to put black and white or whatever old color she wants to. In order to create larger scenic painting, she adds, she cuts out pictures of animals and object. According to her, the 15 by 4 ft mural on her family room is a result of just a newspaper photograph of two millstones, which she holds up while telling the story. All in the photo, including the riverbank, the millhouse and the grey mill wheels, look so perfect.
The artist gives emphasis to the large mural on her wall about how she uses the pictures to add small details to her work, such as wood land animals, farm equipment and crops, and weatherboard buildings. Water is the only thing she uses. Water, however, is easy to use for painting because it dries out fast.
The artist displayed a new picture clipped from a newspaper and said she'll use it soon. It has snow in it. Snow is quite fast to do and easy to paint. However, she keeps only about three paintings hung at home: the mural and two other smaller scenes. Apparently, the rest of her countless paintings are either sold or given away.
Her items are usually sold through a Hagerstown furniture dealer in Maryland. When somebody, like a neighbor or a friend asks for her to paint, she does it willingly. So many orders come her way; she usually doesn't have time to paint them all. Because her paintings are really good to wrap in ribbons and give away as gifts, she gets more orders during Christmas.
What got her started to painting at the age of 13 was a nice old lady in her native home in Rockingham County. For only 25 cents, she got lessons and sat painting for a whole afternoon. Her mother made her very first pallet from a lightweight board, using a drill and a paring knife and she still has it now. To tell how it was made, a note was decoupage on the old pallet, even if it was smeared with paint all over.
They have placed item from their church, which has been torn down six years ago, in a family room inside their home. The glass wall that covers one face of the room completely lets you see the river near their house as the sunshine filters through it. The artist said that because they wanted so much to bring the natural outdoors inside the house, they used the glass wall.
As she was making the mural, she was bothered about something that would fit the room perfectly. When she was nearly done with the painting, she had to sand paper it off because the kids didn't like the colors rust, red and gold, mixing with the foliage. Since other paintings and the sunny den would most likely not get noticed, and that the attention of people will just go the mural, she decided that she would keep her house as it is.
According to her, this allows her to put black and white or whatever old color she wants to. In order to create larger scenic painting, she adds, she cuts out pictures of animals and object. According to her, the 15 by 4 ft mural on her family room is a result of just a newspaper photograph of two millstones, which she holds up while telling the story. All in the photo, including the riverbank, the millhouse and the grey mill wheels, look so perfect.
The artist gives emphasis to the large mural on her wall about how she uses the pictures to add small details to her work, such as wood land animals, farm equipment and crops, and weatherboard buildings. Water is the only thing she uses. Water, however, is easy to use for painting because it dries out fast.
The artist displayed a new picture clipped from a newspaper and said she'll use it soon. It has snow in it. Snow is quite fast to do and easy to paint. However, she keeps only about three paintings hung at home: the mural and two other smaller scenes. Apparently, the rest of her countless paintings are either sold or given away.
Her items are usually sold through a Hagerstown furniture dealer in Maryland. When somebody, like a neighbor or a friend asks for her to paint, she does it willingly. So many orders come her way; she usually doesn't have time to paint them all. Because her paintings are really good to wrap in ribbons and give away as gifts, she gets more orders during Christmas.
What got her started to painting at the age of 13 was a nice old lady in her native home in Rockingham County. For only 25 cents, she got lessons and sat painting for a whole afternoon. Her mother made her very first pallet from a lightweight board, using a drill and a paring knife and she still has it now. To tell how it was made, a note was decoupage on the old pallet, even if it was smeared with paint all over.
They have placed item from their church, which has been torn down six years ago, in a family room inside their home. The glass wall that covers one face of the room completely lets you see the river near their house as the sunshine filters through it. The artist said that because they wanted so much to bring the natural outdoors inside the house, they used the glass wall.
As she was making the mural, she was bothered about something that would fit the room perfectly. When she was nearly done with the painting, she had to sand paper it off because the kids didn't like the colors rust, red and gold, mixing with the foliage. Since other paintings and the sunny den would most likely not get noticed, and that the attention of people will just go the mural, she decided that she would keep her house as it is.
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