20 Feb Fri 2009
A Grandfather's Painting
Here is a photo that my Uncle sent me after I mentioned one of my Grandfather's paintings in a previous post. I am not sure when he painted this one, but the one below of him actually painting is from 1963. I imagine that Grandpa painted the snowy maple sugaring scene after a winter's drive to VT with my Grandma and Uncle. They were always driving around to points North, South, and West. They oftentimes would go points East, but that would require using their boat (which they had).
Below is a photo of Grandpa working on what I believe to be a painting of a wharf in Rockport, MA.
We owe quite a bit here at our farm to my Grandfather, I suspect. He always bought me REAL tools for Christmas, even when I was 4 and 5! He would take me down into his cellar workshop and let me pound nails into scrap wood with my hammer, or let me reorganize his nail-holding coffee cans. I use the same system here in my workshop and our kids have hammers and enjoy pounding nails into scrap wood too...