For this project, only 20 feet could be added to the front of the existing building as well as 10 feet to the educational wing, but much of the interior was remodeled and updated as part of the work. The sanctuary that was once very dark with wood ceiling and paneled walls was whitewashed and […]
Amory Learning Center
July 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This building was a neighborhood grocery store that lost out to the big box super-center built on the edge of town. After being vacant for a couple of years, the building was given to the local school district. I worked together with the retired county engineer (who happens to be father-in-law to the then-assistant school […]
Grandpa and his Newspaper
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GRANDPA HARRISON WARD This portrait was painted from a photograph of the subject reading the newspaper near the only window in the center room of the old ancestral brick mansion that served as both dining room and bedroom for my grandfather who lived there alone for 35 years. As a child visiting every summer, I […]
Evening Lamplight
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EVENING LAMPLIGHT This study done from an old back-and-white photograph celebrates the cozy warmth of evenings with my grandfather at the old family farmstead. He lived without electricity or running water. He could have afforded the conveniences, but thought the electrical cooperative charged too much to provide electricity, and he really didn’t need it all […]
Covered Bridge at Dawn
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COVERED BRIDGE AT DAWN Adjacent to the fairgrounds outside of my ancestral home town in Illinois is this re-created covered bridge. The original bridge was built in 1832, but was washed out in 1865. Over the next 50 plus years, two other bridges were built at this site, but were also damaged or destroyed by […]
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