This is my 100th post to my blog, so I thought I would post a little something different to honor my town, Montgomery, Alabama, which constantly inspires me with its history and beauty. These are just a few of many, many paintings I've done of Montgomery landmarks, traditions and people.
Starting with the small group in the upper left hand corner, you'll find players on our home team, the Montgomery Biscuits; the neon glow of the Capri Theatre in historic Cloverdale; a scene from a baseball game at the beautiful Riverwalk Stadium, home to the Montgomery Biscuits; and folks getting their fresh vegetables and fruit and flowers from the Montgomery Curb Market, a longstanding local tradition.
In the upper right hand corner, you'll see the Harriott II, our riverboat on the Alabama River; lower right - the trolley car aka "Lightning Route" in downtown Montgomery (the cars have changed colors since this was painted!); and last, but not least, in the bottom left hand corner the view down Dexter Avenue in downtown which has been the scene of so much history! Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as the President of the Confederacy on those Capitol steps in the distance and Martin Luther King preached a stone's throw away.
I don't work for the Chamber of Commerce, but I could.......I'd rather paint!
2 comments:
Lovely montage:)) I miss Montgomery. Funny story, the one time we actually did the riverboat thing and it was so foggy we could have just been docked the entire time because we wouldn't have known the difference:) I so enjoy your work and your love of your home town:)
Thanks, Carrie!! Montgomery really is a great place! I hope you enjoyed your time here. I surely enjoyed getting to meet you while you were here! We're coming up your way later this month!
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