Bunker Hill Mill
by Lois Bryan
Title
Bunker Hill Mill
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
On a drive down an old country road on a sunny day in West Virginia's Panhandle area you're sure to find something beautiful to delight your eye. As I took this particular back road I passed through Bunker Hill and fell in love with this wonderful old mill.
According to the historical plaque that stands in front of the mill building:
"Bunker Hill was a thriving community in the 1820s with at least 10 mills, a brick plant, a copper shop and other industrial operations. This 2000 acre dispersed village was established by General Elisha Boyd, the owner of Martinsburg's Boydville Estate. Bunker Hill was one of the earliest mills, which was operational in 1738. It was built rebuilt in 1890 and is the only mill in the state featuring duel water wheels. The present gristmill structure contains 19th and 20th century milling equipment that is still in operational condition."
I have taken great liberties with this picture. The rutted dirt road you see here is now a nicely paved two-lane street complete with a giant double yellow line down the center. Lots of fun in other ways as well, but I hope the image remains true to the current structure as well as to the spirit of its impressive origins.
This image is hand-painted, digitally, and very loosely based on one of my own exclusive and original photographic images captured in May of 2021 with the Nikon D750 and the Nikor 24-70mm f2.8G. Created in Corel Painter with a variety of brushes with a Wacom tablet and the art pen.
NOT created by using AI - Artificial Intelligence.
Purchases will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... this image will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
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August 15th, 2021
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Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
David Choate
This is absolutely stunning, Lois. The textures and colors pop! The "rutted dirt road" and the birds, great additions. It's just a beautiful work of art. l/f
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Beautiful painterly effect and gorgeous light Lois! Congrats on your Feature in Barns Big and Small. We also added our like. Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the E IS FOR ENDURING week, AUGUST 23 2021- August 30, 2021. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest YOUR FAVORITE ARTWORK
Chad Lilly
Congratulations, your image has been featured in Urbex Abandoned in the World! Please feel free to place the embedded image link in the current "Feature Image Archive" discussion so it remains visible to future visitors.
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Lois!!! Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Lois Bryan replied:
Tapath, many thanks!!! I will tweet the group and add the image to the archive!!!
Joan Bertucci
I want to be here right now! I see you posted this beauty on 8/15, my birthday! :-) So glad I found this and shared in the beauty of your creation Lois! L/F
Lois Bryan replied:
Hey Joan!!!! Thank you so so much!!! So glad you enjoyed it ... I can't tell you how excited I was to turn the corner and find this beauty!!! Happy, happy birthday, sweetie!!!
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