Appalachia Series

"A place where beauty abounds, where innocence and wisdom are mixed like good cornmeal. A place where a window to the past still exists. L'il Fannie was born from a long line of mountain people. She shares the shyness and fierce pride of her forefathers. In a few isolated hills and hollows of east Tennessee, the window is still open." Low Inventory on all issues

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"When I painted Little Joe and Tony, I felt I was painting the depths of Appalachia and realized that these kids and their dreams, would never venture past the mountains."

"Grandpa's old hound dog, Blue, passed on this year and his new Christmas puppy has disappeared - vanished... hmmmmm! Hidden and cuddled in her arms... "I won't give him up", she says, "he's mine.. I'm keepin' him forever & ever."

"Grandpa's old hound dog, Blue, passed on this year and his new Christmas puppy has disappeared - vanished... hmmmmm! Hidden and cuddled in her arms... "I won't give him up", she says, "he's mine.. I'm keepin' him forever & ever."

"The last generation of simple hillbilly life remains in her home. Her daughters and grandchildren all live together, they support each other. Granni enjoys a tranquil moment with her grandchild. Li'l Josh effortlessly on her knee, content with his bottle. Here, life seems full circle."

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"Milt, an old Kentucky mountain man lives in a cabin belt-buckled on a steep side road of Appalachia. Milt and his sons hunt for food and collect watches, clocks and guns. They are friendly and welcoming and on each gun totin' family member you'd find numerous watches. Milt has a fascination with unique, or as he'd say, "odd ball chickens."

I love painting old people, but I really wanted to portray young people too. It is so difficult to be given permission by the parents to paint children in Appalachia that I had almost given up hope. For so many years I attempted to paint them, but the protective barriers are very strong and very high. In Hazel Patch Hollow, near a Baptist Church, a ten year old girl named Hazel was in the field with her grandfather, some friends and neighbors. This is the one, I thought when I saw her. I had her in my head for years and then, there she was. Her hair was ragged and matted and she was looking at me with such a hopeful face, that look that can tell you a million things. I loved how she was that day, with coal dust smeared on her cheeks, her worn clothes, dirty from play. There was, as usual, a lot of mist curling in the air that day. Her grandfather was hauling coal on a sled pulled by a mule. Hazel had been helping her grandpa and playing with the other children in the field and she inspired me, this little girl, because she had so much pride in her face and that childlike need to feel special. -PAUL MURRAY- . ....SOLD OUT Call for availability! 1-888-728-5687 Range: $1,850.00 - $2,350.00

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"John is a bachelor, lives on his own unless he takes to helpin' a friend in need. He is pretty handy, he can fix anything, the evidence is all over his yard. He has waited for Kathy to walk away to tell Paul "this ol' woman I got me is reliable, she helps keep me warm at night, an' hits the only ol' woman that'll git on my back again!!"

"Since I was about 12 years old, I heard tell of a ‘Mountain Man' true to the bone. Along side him at every step was his wife 'Lottie'. She brought up nine children, clothed them and kept them warm with her quilts made of ol' clothes. Some of us feel she was an angel on earth."