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Posted by
Ruthiebear (Titusville, NJ, United States) on 10 January 2024 in Art & Design.

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When we first moved to our home we decided we'd like to have a notecard of the house. We asked our friend Michael Holter to create it. HE visited us an made a few preliminary sketches. After a few weeks, he called and said it had become a watercolor! This was back in the 1980s before he found his fame. We value this painting. Here you can see it on display in our home. In front of it is a photo of the man who had our house built standing in front of the house in the early 1900s.
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Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

That painting is gorgeous

10 Jan 2024 5:25am

Ginnie Hart from Netherlands

Oh, WOW, Ruthie. I can really see how much this place is valued!

10 Jan 2024 6:35am

Marie from Parc naturel de Chartreuse - Isère, France

Beauitiful these paitnings of your home.
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10 Jan 2024 6:46am

ursulakatariina from Turku, Finland

Wow, the painting is wonderful and the photo of the house looks great after all the time that has passed since it was taken!

10 Jan 2024 6:57am

Astrid from Netherlands

What a treasure to have and to cherish, Ruthie. Thank you for the link. That is impressive work he does and it already shows in this early work from him.
Have a nice day.

10 Jan 2024 6:58am

Daniel from Perpignan, France

Une belle transformation !!!!

10 Jan 2024 7:58am

Pascale MD from Parc National des Cévennes, France

Très beau résultats Ruthie.
Bonne journée.

10 Jan 2024 8:17am

manou from Provence, France

Quelle chance tu as d'avoir une aussi belle aquarelle de ta maison et en plus d'un artiste connu ! Et cette photo ancienne est superbe aussi et à conserver précieusement ! Très belle journée Ruthie

10 Jan 2024 8:28am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

This deserves "valued" !

10 Jan 2024 8:38am

Maryse from bordeaux, France

L'aquarelle est très belle et c'est un trésor d'avoir ces deux souvenirs ! Merci pour le lien aussi.
Bonne journée Ruthie

10 Jan 2024 9:34am

PascalXLD from Lorient, France

Jolie réalisation
Bonne année 2024 et bonne journée

10 Jan 2024 9:44am

Marjolein from Voorne aan Zee, Netherlands

How good this is to see and so terribly valuable
You have your own paradise ;-0

10 Jan 2024 10:26am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

What a beautiful way to document history and your residency! I didn't realize how close you were to the river. I thought you were across the street from it. Hopefully the river never got too close.

10 Jan 2024 2:13pm

@Steven: YOu are correct. We are across the street. At the time we asked him to somehow include the river in the notecard rendering. As I said above, he painted a water color for us, and included the river, and excluding the steet.

Devi from Chennai, India

Looks great!! Yes..to be treasured!!
I went into Google and saw images painted by Maichael Holter!! Some of them are fabulous and his portraits are great!!
Thank you for sharing Ruthie :))))

10 Jan 2024 2:28pm

@Devi: Yes, he has become quite well known nowadays. They lived in Virginia when we knew them, but have lived in Texas for many years now.

jpla from Anjou, France

chouette tableau

10 Jan 2024 4:22pm

Carol Black from Chandler, Arizona, United States

Love the plein air watercolor, talented artist.

10 Jan 2024 4:51pm

Claudiel from belgium, Belgium

Both are to be treasured

10 Jan 2024 5:12pm

Roger Dekert from VAUREAL, France

Your house is very beautiful.
It is old and has a lot of charm.
It's a beautiful story to have preserved such a beautiful watercolor.
You're lucky to have an artist in your group of friends.
He seems to have a lot of talent.
The contrast is striking between the two representations of the house.
Under the snow and the other in full color

10 Jan 2024 5:20pm

Marie-Line from Nant, Aveyron, France

Talentueuse peinture de ta magnifique maison

10 Jan 2024 6:04pm

Willem from Noord-Scharwoude, Netherlands

Beautiful watercolor painting result of your beautiful house which I looked up a long time ago via Google Street.

10 Jan 2024 6:16pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Beautiful and precious !

10 Jan 2024 6:56pm

suzanne from Belgium

Superbe !!!:-)

10 Jan 2024 8:06pm

Ron from Fraser Valley, Canada

Beautiful watercolor painting.

11 Jan 2024 1:27am

Elizabeth Buckalew from Flagstaff, United States

Oh what a treasure, Ruthie! It's a beautiful painting, and so special!

11 Jan 2024 1:53am

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

something to cherish

11 Jan 2024 2:45am

Elaine Hancock from Olney, United States

These are such treasured items. The water color painting is beautiful!! A perfect image for the valued theme.

11 Jan 2024 3:53am

Petits Bonheurs from Aiglun, France

La maison est si belle et c'est une belle peinture. Hugs Ruthie

11 Jan 2024 12:38pm

jeanmadis from Chonburi, Thailand

A well-told story, a good memory.

12 Jan 2024 9:29am