Plein Air Session #2

The stately Dr. Gay home is equally intriguing in the rear. An expansive back "yard" has the suspicious look of a long ago lot for mules/horses, indicated by nearby stalls. I chose two outbuildings, one may have served as quarters for domestic help or a separate kitchen. I wish some readers would share any history they may have heard. I would be interested in dates. When was this home built and what years did Dr. Gay practice medicine? That would help in labeling the nature of these buildings. A clothesline can be seen if you look carefully. This study is unfinished, so the clothesline in the painting is hardly recognizable, but it's there. The front entrance is lovely, but here in the back, the real living occurred.  This home reminds me of Ivy Green, the home of Helen Keller, and I'm not sure why, but it has to do with these outbuildings. I wish the clothesline could talk.

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