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"What sweetness and peacefulness she shows us. I think everyone deserves a grandmother just like her. Aunt Emily, a strong willed and proud women of the rugged hills of Appalachia. She can survive the harshest winter and the driest summer. Her pride glows as strong as the sun on her face."

Cradle Ridge

Cumberland

"He was the family’s horse trader and trainer. One of my fondest memories is of Daniel wearing his engineering cap and overalls; crawling under the legs of his horses showing off the relationship and trust between man and horse. Daniel passed away when I was still in my early teens, so very few sketches of Daniel were ever done."

SOLD OUT Call for availability! 1-888-728-5687 Range: $100.00 - $150.00 Joey was a very private person; quiet and shy with people, always polite and warm. He never said a lot, but that wasn't because he didn't have a lot to say. He was well spoken, but never went looking for conversation. When he did speak you knew he was telling you something important. This portrait illustrates that bashfulness and, without the quality of his eyes meeting yours, there is a sense of mystery about what he is looking at and thinking about. His warmth is evident in the natural grace of his profile, which encourages a desire to know and understand him.

Dreamer

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".

L'il Josh's face is full of wonder.........such serenity, innocence and wisdom. Here in Appalachia, life seems full circle......

"The youngest of three children born just after her grandmother (Fannie) died. Here she is playing on a coal pile in bare feet and overalls, she looks to her mom and gives that shy but devilish look, as she has a good time on a summer day....."

SOLD OUT Call for availability! 1-888-728-5687 Range: $100.00 - $150.00 "Maude Caldwell - The last remaining of the legendary Caldwell family. She sits by her window in the kitchen of her one room cabin on top of a hill. She tells us the stories of the past and shows us pictures."

"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"."

Imagine a child of 10, witnessing a window into the past and the character of those people. Since 10 years of age, Paul Murray has captured Joseph's beautiful lucent blue eyes that sparkled and danced with untold secrets. His hair and beard were long and wispy like silver blue threads of fine silk.

"I'd build me a cabin if only I could, I'd make me a shine still deep in the wood, I'd get me a mule an' work 'em June ta May, reckin' you won't find me 'til judgement day." Levi was a coalminer, gristmiller and notorious moonshiner." Levi Collins of Cherry Bottom, TN

This rare picture of Zoé Ouellette wearing her garden bonnet, is among the few paintings of Zoé. Paul was so intrigued with Joseph and his brother on the pioneering homestead, that he was almost too late to capture Zoé and her sister Alice. She always had that sweet smile and a friendly gleam in her eye.