Sign Painters 1949 by George Wood
by Karen Adams
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Sign Painters 1949 by George Wood
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Watercolor
Description
To learn about your parents lives before you came along and changed everything is actually quite a special gift! This watercolor painting is by my dad, George Wood. It shows him "working" (that is him leaning against the truck with a hot beverage in his hand.) He worked with his father, Austin and his brother, Dick painting signs along the roadways back in the late 1940s. It had to be hard work, especially in extreme weather conditions. I have letters that my grandpa wrote to my grandma when he had to be gone for several days out of town to get a job completed. We take so much for granted now. He couldn't just drive home to Columbus, Ohio every day, or call. He was gone and came home when he could! My dad learned a lot from his father's example about honesty and hard work. My dad then passed all of that down to his children and grandchildren. For Christmas gifts one year, dad made copies of this painting and wrote a letter to each of his beloved grandchildren to share his history and memories of his time with his brother and father. This is one of the most special Christmas gifts any of them ever received and they are great treasures today.
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your wonderful art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from our themed week, W IS FOR WORKING- FEBRUARY 20, 2023 to FEBRUARY 27, 2023. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive 2023.
Mary Machare
Wonderful watercolor, Karen. I love the details of the car and your dad with the beverage. LF
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
What a wonderful painting by your beloved and so talented father, Karen ! Thank you for sharing. f,l
Debbie Portwood
Wow Karen!! What a tremendous gift of family history! LOVE this gorgeous work of your father's and I love the fantastic story as well!! It is wonderful the hear of families with so much love and family ties in these troubled days when all that seems to be more and more out dated and unpopular. f/l in a truly heart felt way!! :D
Laurie Search
Aw, what a beautiful narrative, Karen....Thank you so much for sharing!!!! And this is such a wonderful painting by your dear father!!! It's so special that you have this and others....:)))fv
Glenn McCarthy Art and Photography
That is very cool when you can take a look back through the eyes of your father... with a new point of view.
Susan Molnar
Wonderful, vintage painting that gives us all a view into the past when integrity and a strong work ethic were common values. I love the story with it, too. Beautiful!
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