Elmore, Ohio

 

I love getting to paint the village my parents lived in for 31 years.  Each building has it's own story, and I have many memories here with my parents, friends and kids, as we visited them in their Portage River side home.  I miss that place, and I miss walking down to the river to paint it's many moods. I feel one with this place, and it is a pleasure to return now to paint annually, as we visit mom's friends. Painting number 5108 in 5108 days. 

Elmore Water Tower

 

I am inexplicably drawn to small town water towers wherever I go - and what fun it is to paint them!  When we traveled and the kids were little, they loved finding the towers in each town.  I especially love the old ones with rust and chipping paint.  This one is special along the North Coast Inland trail where we biked as a family when visiting my parents.  I spent many days on that trail running when my Dad was sick, and this place feels like home though I've never lived here.  I love capturing these places in paint now.  Painting number 5107 in 5107 days.