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"OH, TO BE SAILING"
22" x 36"
Oil on Canvas
This is a personal work of art. It depicts the artist, Kathryn Rutherford, drinking tea from her Great Grandmother's tea cup while gazing out over the Lake Erie sights she grew up with in Southern Ontario, Canada.
Accompanying her in the scene are the spirits of Kathryn's Great Grandparents and the ship, Maple Leaf, "Captain Frank" once sailed throughout the Great Lakes.
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Anna Barbara Schmid and Edward Francis Ives
Circa 1901
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"THE COOKING LESSON"
22" x 36"
Oil on Canvas
The scene is the kitchen of the John R. Park Homestead Museum in Ontario, Canada.
Pictured at the far left, in costume, is Kristen Ives a cousin of the artist. As Assistant Curator of the Museum, it is Kristen's job to instruct visitors and school children in the ways of life in the 1800's.
Until this painting was presented, Kristen had never seen the image of her Great Grandmother. A photograph was in the possession of her cousin, artist Kathryn Rutherford.
Even the children can see the spirits of their ancestors as they arrive in the kitchen to help with the baking.
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 Kristen Ives and her
Great Grandmother Georgina Siddall Ives
Artist Kathryn Ives Rutherford, age 3
Artist Kathryn Ives Rutherford, age 8
Anna Barbara Schmid/Ives (Great Grandmother of the artist) and her mother Anna Maurer/Schmid
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"GUARDIANS OF THE HEADRICK CHAPEL
Wears Valley, Tennessee"
18" x 24"
Oil on Board
The Headrick Chapel, built in 1901 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The original congregation of the Chapel have long since passed away, but, the descendants live in Wears Valley to this day.
Click here to learn more about this Painting
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"LOVE, LIES AND THE MEMORIES OF
LITTLE GREENBRIER SCHOOL"
16" X 20"
Oil on Canvas
The Little Greenbrier School is located inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
The building still stands the test of time and long gone are many of the teachers, students and Park Guides. But, the remembrances of childhood and love are forever captured in this heirloom Spirit Painting.
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