Summer
There are still among us memories of stores with plain wood floors that were swept with oiled sawdust instead of being varnished or sealed. Places that had pressed tin ceilings and wooden display bins and a smell that went with the tinkling of the small bell above the front door. The old hardware store on our main street, Magnolia Avenue remains such a place in the age of the mega marts. The changing wares on the sidewalk out front, tell the shifts of the seasons with more precisions than the street flags, town crews change in sharp demarcations. Nails are sold by weight and put in paper sacks; and the lingering ghost of the baskets of spring’s set onions still haunt the nose in early summer. The painting is a slice of one of those summer days already spiralling like lazy tobacco smoke into the motes of the past, too soon to be gone.
Acrylic on panel
Summer belongs to the following groups:
Realist Traditional Art Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Woodie
Tom, I just love your paintings of days gone by. They are so well executed.
Cheers Neil
bluerabbit
What a wonderful piece!
Jazzyjane
I love to walk into shops and feel as though you have stepped back in time. They are the nearest thing to time machines. Again another lovely painting and evocative description.
gypsygirl
Wow, lovely painting, so much to look at!
Karen Checca
Hi, Tom. I grew up in this town and was sad to see this summer, while visiting family still there, that this business, after all these years, had closed. Magnolia Avenue is a far cry from the “bustling city” it was when I was young. My grandfather was City Treasurer in the courthouse beside this building, a small glimpse of which you show in this scene. Your artistry is amazing; I would have sworn this was a photograph, you captured it to well!! :)Karen