Paint Webster

"Busch's Spring"

8x10 plein air oil

 Urban Senior Award

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Yesterday was the Paint Webster annual plein air event.  I chose to paint the spring near Blackburn Park because of the historical significance to my family.  My grandmother's childhood home was on a farm in this immediate area and this spring was their water source.  I have a photo from the 1880's that shows some of the children standing on the top of the spring and amazingly it looks nearly unchanged today.  It's a bird sanctuary now and part of Blackburn park in Webster Groves.

 At the award reception for the event, I was happy to receive the "Urban Senior Award" and this painting will be on show at the Old Orchard Gallery until May 18th.