Second Painting of the Marblehead Lighthouse

A few weeks ago I painted a first painting of this lighthouse. The person who asked me to do that wanted a second view of that same lighthouse. Because mood has a lot to do with how well a painting will turn out, there have been several paintings since. Today the mood finally hit me to give it a try. I am happy with it. The painting is sold.
 

Masterton F & AM Lodge # 429, Lebanon, OH, Monroe County

 

Masterton Lodge sits in the small town of Lebanon, Ohio in Monroe County. 

Watson House

 

This painting is from a picture I took in March 19,   2016 of the former Garfield and Ellen Watson home in Seneca Twp., Noble County. (John R, & Janice Watson later lived there.) The painting is in gouache, size 11 x 14, matted and ready for framing.The late Sandra Ellen Watson McDonald (daughter of John & Janice) was one of my sister’s best friends. Sandra passed at a young age and had a baby named Lisa. This picture is for Lisa, the way the house looked when her grandmother, Janice, still lived there.

Baker’s Garage & Sohio Gas Station in Lower Salem OH, Washington County

 According to Glen Baker, owner of this garage, at one time there was a restaurant on one side and a house on the other side of this building. Lower Salem, like so many small Ohio towns, was once booming with businesses.  Glen’s father owned this one. Glen also had nice looking cars around the place there in Lower Salem. This is my attempt in watercolor of recreating that place. I’m sure there were things I missed but without any reference photo of them, it’s hard to imagine. I hope there is some semblance of the old place. Lower Salem has suffered many floods in recent years but this building is still standing, minus the gas pumps and signs.

Marblehead Lighthouse

 

This painting of the Marblehead Lighthouse was painted for a customer. IT IS NOT FOR SALE. The painting is an a framed watercolor. Size 11 x 14. 

It’s Not Christmas

 

Since it is raining every day, it might as well snow! We are ready for some nice summer weather!

“Putting Up” Hay

 

This is an 11 x 14 canvas on foam board print of farmers processing hay. It is ready for framing. Print was made by a professional, Mike Nelson on Zanesville OH and painted by Deloris Ullmann. AVAILABLE FOR SALE

Batesville Sky

This painting is size 11 x 14 matted in white ready for framing. 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

 

Early House Paintings

 

My husband was born and reared in this home in Elk Twp. In Noble County. It’s another early painting. (I was new at painting.)

This was my attempt to paint the deteriorated Corwin Place near Senecaville OH. The house was near collapsing at the time.

This was an attempt to paint our home in my early painting days.

This is my Grandmother Bond’s out kitchen on Wildwood Farm on Mud Run in Noble County Ohio.  Her thumb was “very green.” 

This was the former home of Guy and Maggie Oliver. I have shared this with their granddaughter, Darla. I remember visiting this place with my grandfather.

This was the home of a very dear friend, Annaberyl, who baby sat my children while they were too small to go to school while I taught. She played piano and accordion and we played music together many places. I miss her.

This was the former home of our dear friends who live in Brookville OH. We have spent many happy times with Dale and Susan in this place.

This was the home of my teacher in grades five through eight, Dallas Bates. This was painted for his daughter, Susan Warner.

This is the home of our friends Dave and Carol on Sarahsville Road near Caldwell OH.

   This house was in view of our condo in Hilton Head one summer.

This was the George & Dorothy Hurst home. I painted this for their daughter Becky’s son and his wife. (Eric & Amber Sholtis)

There are lots of memories for me in this home. It was the home of my friend Barbara Miley (Now Smith). We went to school 12 years together. She lived right next door to Mt. Ephraim School where we were in grade one through eight together. The house was once a children’s home.

I found this on Facebook about the Children’s Home: Mt Ephraim Orphanage

In the fall of 1898 Homer and Margaret Gibson discussed opening a children’s home with the Noble County Commissioners.  The Gibson’s lived in Mt. Ephraim, in Seneca Township.  Mt Ephraim was a booming little town in the heart of Ohio.  It had three stores, a post office, doctors and two churches.  It also had a hotel, a blacksmith shop and a two-room schoolhouse.  Contracts were made with Homer Gibson, of Seneca Township and Peter Devolld of Olive Township, to care for pauper children then in the Monroe County Children’s Home.  The date was March 16, 1899. On April 6, 1899, the Commissioners of Noble County went to Woodsfield and brought back twenty-three children who had been inmates of the children’s home in Monroe County.  One was left in Summerfield, eleven were left at Homer Gibson’s and eleven at Peter Devolld’s. The Gibson’s were paid twenty-five dollars per child per year.  The children were required to attend church and school. Some of the children were orphans or paupers, but several came from abusive parents, or neglected homes.  Occasionally a child’s mother had died and the father was unable to care for him.

          This is my beautician’s home in Caldwell Ohio.

This is the Neff Home on SR 147 by Sarahsville OH. After it was painted we drove to visit Mary Lou and Ken at their home near New Concord, OH.

This house was known as the Kirk Place near Shenandoah High School. I painted this picture for the late Iris Henderson who used to live there and ran a day care, Iris kept track of the paintings I’d post and had several of them. 

This painting was for someone who lived in Hendersonville, SC.

This is a picture of my paternal grandparents’ home on Mud Run in Noble County Ohio. That is my son with the bow and arrow.

This is one of my favorites. It is an oil painting of the home of my daughter and son-in-law near Plain City OH.

This is the home of friends in Clayton OH.

This is a painting that was on display at the Prichard Laughlin Center in Cambridge.

         This is my former house on Mud Run in Noble County OH. Our old dairy barn can be seen in the background.

My mother lived in this house in near Buffalo OH in Guernsey County. This painting was put together from several snapshots we had of the place. 

 A recent watercolor of the Warner home near Carlisle OH.

               My maternal grandparents home years ago on Sarchet Ave. in           Cambridge OH.

Just a painting.

My mother’s neighbor house in Caldwell OH.

                        House in Upper Arlington, Columbus OH

                                        Britton Home

                             My homeplace

My Homeplace

      The Riddle Place on Mud Run a long time ago.

                     Rutherford House on Rutherford Farm

          The Bethel Bates house on Bateshill in Noble County Ohio - an early on in my painting career painting.

          My paternal grandparents’ farm…an early painting.

                           Another very early house try.

                           Another early house painting.

              An early painting of my youngest sister’s house in Marietta OH.

             A very early painting of my sister’s old house in Newark OH.

The home of my daughter and her husband before its remodel and early on in my painting life. This house has totally changed. It is located in a rural area near Plain City OH.

      A very early painting of Don’s home place in Elk Twp.

My first house painting ever. The former home of Howard & Ruth Nau in Noble Twp. Noble County.