Miller’s Store in East Union, Ohio - Noble County

 This is a watercolor painting of Leroy Miller’s Store in East Union, OH. The reference photo was taken in the 1970’s. 

The reference photo:

Parks’ General Store (Marr, OH)

 

My stab at painting Parks’ General Store in Marr (Bethel) OH. (Watercolor)

Sycamore Valley Store in Ohio

This painting is acrylic on canvas, size 11 x 14, ready for framing. It is from a photo taken several years ago in Sycamore Valley OH. This painting is ready for framing and AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

Mud Run School

 

This is a print of a painting of Mud Run School in Seneca Twp., Noble County, OH. It no longer stands.The print is canvas on foam board in size 11 x 14, ready for framing. The print was made by a professional, Mike Nelson of Zanesville OH. AVAILABLE FOR SALE

Church Paintings

 

Mt. Ephraim Methodist

Old Bateshill Church of Christ

Pleasant Hill Church

The original Mt. Ephraim Church

Another view of Mt. Ephraim Church

Ogle’s Ridge Church

Caldwell UM Church

Road Fork Church

Coen’s Church

In the late 1930’s the Muskingum Conservancy District in Ohio decided to build Seneca Lake. I assume it was built for flood control but would need to do some research on that. What I do know is that Coen’s Church’s members and attendees lived in the area where Seneca Lake lies. Most of these people lost their farms and homes to the lake and had to move away. With that, the congregation of Coen’s Methodist Church lost most of its members and for many years stood empty. When I was a child I used to go with my grandparents to what was called the Coen’s Reunion. The church was closed even then. I remember the eerie feeling that came over me thinking that that nice building sat there but where were the people? Over the years, the building stood and began to get into a declined condition and was taken down. This picture of Coen’s Church was published by Randy Lashley, who really knows its history. His grandparents, Norman and Mary Miley, lived just up the road. I decided to do my best to capture this church in a painting. This is one of my favorite paintings because of the memories that accompany its existence. I especially like the old car going past. Our school bus used to pass here so its no wonder I always noticed it. I wonder who was driving by in that car???

Click here is what Wikipedia has to say about Seneca Lake.

Coen’s Cemetery and Others in the Area

A Coen’s Reunion (picture belongs to Randy Lashley)

Another view of Coen’s Church (with windows removed)

Yet, another picture.

                               Archer’s Ridge Church

Gould’s Run Church

 

Painting Poppurri

  

Passing through Somerset OH, a painting of the Clay Haus

Our old business were Family Dollar, Davis Drug and Purvis Chiropractic are now located. This was the former Dean a. Reed Motor sales location, then Noble Tractor Sales

This was painted for a friend. I think it is San Francisco

This is a West farm in Buffalo Twp., Noble County OH.

A former student and friend’s building. 

My attempt to paint a Colonial lady.

A barn on a hill near Pleasant City OH in Guernsey County

This is the side yard on the Pavlov property in Cumberland OH, Guernsey County

This barn is on SR 78 East of Summerfield OH.

This painting is from a picture shot from our moving car of the Hobart Bond property on SR 146 near Pleasant City. The barn at the top recently fell. Daughter Clara has the painting.

This is a porch on Byesville Road. It was painted for a FB friend.

These deer were at the side of our front yard near the McKee home.

This is the Buckey Disposal building in Belle Valley OH, Noble County

This is our friend, Jim Smithberger having a good time with a couple of his grandchildren.

This is the painting of my granddaughter’s home when she lived in Pittsburgh.

This painting is from a picture taken from I77 of the Shriver property.

This is a painting of hay being baled at the home of Eldon and Martha Martin.

This is picture of Don (my husband) trying to push the push mower when he was a little guy.

I tried to paint this picture for the late Kenny Williams.

This was painted for the late Gary Hague who cherished the memories of his family once owning Center Grocery in Sarahsville, Noble County OH

This was one of the first landscape paintings that my teacher Judy McKee had me do.

This painting was done on one of our Plein Air outings. This is the farm of James (Jimmy) Secrest

This is a painting taken from a picture from the Ullmann family taken at the Martin Home (his maternal grandparents). We don’t know who the people were.

This is old Sarahsville looking west.

I believe I painted this from the Long Farm near Seneca Lake on the way to Kennonsburg.

This was the Charlie Warner home. At the time of this picture the house was occupied by the Wentworth family. I believe the name of the road is Lew Martin Road in Seneca Twp. Noble County Ohio.

A lot of people recognize this brown building as the Mill in Batesville with the Legion beside of it.

This is a horse I painted for a friend.

I took a picture of these rocks on the sidewalk in Berlin OH in Amish Country. It was tedious to paint.

This rainbow appeared at the time a friend’s child lost their life on the highway. A friend of my friend had this painted.

This painting is from a few years ago when the roads were bad and we were traveling on SR 215 by the OSU Research Center in Noble County.

This painting is taken from a butchering in the older times at the Ullmann Farm on Paw Paw Road in Elk Twp. Noble County.

I was learning and trying so hard to do a good job on this outdoor painting at Wolf Run Lake with Judy.

Sometimes we did black and white paintings. This is one of them.

We live near the Noble County Airport and this is the view one year walking down toward the runway.

This painting was done outside from Pleasant Hill Church looking down on some of the late Wayne Watson property on SR 146.

This may be the former Sholtis property on Barry’s Ridge Road, Noble County OH

This is the business of former student and friend, John Cline on SR 78 near Caldwell OH

This horse was painted for a friend.

From a picture taken several years ago at Salt Fork Lake, Cambridge OH Guernsey County

This was an outdoor attempt to paint the railroad car at the Salt well historic site in Caldwell OH, Noble County. Painted in my early career.

Wolf Run Lake is always calling for outdoor painting! (Early career painting)

This is from a painting I saw online of an early time in Rochester OH. Rochester was a little town out the road from our place here on Hickory Hills Rd. I acquired permission from the owner of the picture to use it and she gave her consent. I gave the painting to Joan Bond who lives there.

This is an early picture painted from a picture I took on Smithberger Road in Elk Twp., Noble County OH

My teacher, Judy McKee, set up this prop for us to paint outside one day. 

This is one of the Ullmann women going to the outbuilding to get something.

This was Don’s dad’s old truck loaded with hay and his dog pulled into the bar lot by the corn crib and the barn.

The view on the way up Hickory Hills Rd.past Wolf Run Lake. (This is an early painting.)

A late former football coach from West Virginia, Kenny Wright, asked me to paint this for his office.

An early attempt at a painting of the building out back of our house.

This is a painting taken from a building photographed on one of our westward trips.

I think I was trying to use a different painting medium on this one. I know it gave me fits.

An early painting, here I was trying to paint my son, Justin, as he explored on one of our westward jaunts, most likely visiting him at an AFB base. I don’t remember the location.

Always looking for something to paint, this was from an early picture taken from our house down to the road.

This one is easy to remember. It is in Lubenbach Texas, Willie Nelson’s hangout. 

The look up the side of our yard in the fall several years ago.

This was an abandoned town somewhere in the west. The reference photo was taken on one of our westward trips. Walt McKee purchased this painting.

I don’t know the source of this one.

This was from one of my lessons from Judy McKee.

I remember the reference photo but don’t know where it was taken.

This is a distant view of Wildwood Farm, my grandparent’s farm. An early painting.

This was from an early picture at the old Ullmann home place.

An early painting that I did for the late Gary Hague. I believe it was the Tom Hague farm.

A painting from our Western travels.

Another early painting from our western travels.

Yes, it’s supposed to be Wolf Run Lake.

This is Mendenhall’s Island from our Alaskan Trip.

A barn on the Rutherford Farm off SR 78 near Sarahsville OH.

Another picture from the Rutherford Farm in Noble County

I remember being pretty happy with this picture as a new painter.

This one was done with Judy McKee at a lesson.

Another one from a lesson with Judy.

An early attempt to take a picture of Loren Sanford’s barn on SR78 in the fall.

This may suppose to be a pump house on the Ullmann Farm.

I’m pretty sure this one was from a lesson with Judy McKee.

I have always like this one taken from a picture from some of our western travels. This painting hangs in our house.

Judy was trying to help me paint the moon on the horizon I think.

This painting was from a drive down by the Ullmann farm of the creek. I liked the painting. It’s an early one.

This has always been one of my favorite early paintings with Judy. It is of the wedding veil plant in our yard. I have this is a 16 x 20 frame.

I remember taking this shot from the road of a field over by Calais. I had it displayed at the Art place that was run by Tammy Musselman in Cambridge and some lady bought it. I was so happy.

I tried so many times to paint the Okey Hague property in my early painting days. You could see this farm looking out the front window of our house on Mud Run. That hill is called Bateshill. The old Bateshill church sat at the top of the hill. My mother is buried there. I gave this picture to the late Bobby Hague.

I think this was at Salt Fork Lake.

This picture is from a learn-to-paint book in my early painting days.

This painting from our western travels was just seen recently hanging in my son’s (Justin & Jenn) house in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I had forgotten that it was painted for them.

This is a farm in Maryland from a picture I took when visiting friends there.

This was another picture taken in Maryland.

Salt Fork Lake.

Seneca Lake from the Dean Stack property.

This is a painting I tried to do as an early painter for former student and longtime friend, David Shackle. Here is David with his grandson helping him to enter the world of fishing.

This painting from the spring of 2024 is of Judy’s studio across the road from my house. The redbud was really blooming.