East Windmill
by Bonnie Young
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$75
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7.000 x 10.000 inches
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Title
East Windmill
Artist
Bonnie Young
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
When I painted this scene, my mind pursued the path of my family history. In 1886, Great Grandpa James Mapes took his family from New York state to Nebraska. Along the way, he dug wells. When they arrived in western Nebraska, they settled and built a house a few feet from this well site. He dug a well. Two years later, a prairie fire burned the house down. The Mapes’ three-year-old daughter perished in the fire. James took his family many places after that; moving to the next well digging site. But two years later, my grandmother married, moved back and spent her life on her first Nebraska home property. Our family sold the property in 2008 to pay for my Mom’s care. I conceptually have one hundred twenty plus years of family history in this painting.
I painted the windmill scene with Dr. Ph. Martin’s Hydrus Watercolors on Arches white 140 lb. Cold-Pressed Paper. Some of the details are ink.
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April 29th, 2016
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