Crossing Little Antietam Creek
by Lois Bryan
Title
Crossing Little Antietam Creek
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand-painting
Description
Honored to announce that "Crossing Little Antietam Creek" won First Place out of 376 entries in the Fine Art America contest "Old Bridges" 5/7/19. Many sincere thanks to everyone who voted for my image and to the contest administrator, SJ Elliott Photography of the group Photography Hub. Congratulations to the other winners!
So happy to announce that out of 342 images, "Crossing Little Antietam Creek" received an honorable mention in the DBCS 10 UNIQUE EXPRESSIONS-II CONTEST April 3, 2019. Most sincere thanks to everyone who voted for my image and to the contest administrator, Laurel Adams. Sincere congratulations to the other winners!!
A scene of mystical quiet, Ply's Mill Bridge, which crosses Little Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, is in a location that drips with history.
This area of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the US Civil War, which I've described on some of my previous images (located in my "Historic U.S.A." gallery). Union soldiers of the 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers crossed this bridge on the morning of September 17th, 1862 on their way to the battle.
A bit of info on the bridge itself: This two-arch bridge was built over the Little Antietam Creek by George Burgan for $1,650 in 1858. Its cutwaters, the upstream pier bulwarks designed to divide the current and break up ice flows and log jams, are unique in that they are shaped like the prows of ships. Both grist and sawmills operated at nearby Pry’s Mill. ~ SOURCE: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2004
Very loosely inspired by two of my own photos, "Crossing Little Antietam Creek" was hand-painted digitally in Corel Painter with a Wacom Tablet and the popular Bob Ross Brushes.
This image was NOT created using AI - Artificial Intelligence programs.
Fine art purchases of this image 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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March 20th, 2019
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Comments (79)
Gary Richards
This bridge looks so much like an alleged haunted bridge in Texas. Congrats on your sale and features of it as well.
Lois Bryan replied:
Thanks so much, Gary ... I'm betting this one is probably haunted as well. If you have an image posted of your bridge in Texas, I'd love to see it!!!!
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS your STUNNING image has been FEATURED on the HOME PAGE of Mid-Atlantic States of the USA. Please add this to the discussion 2022 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” L Thank you for participating in the group.
Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Paintography Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F
Brian Leverton
Excellent artwork love the depth you have in the painting just by using some light. Kind regards Brian
Jeff Iverson
Congratulations your wonderful work is now featured on Artist Salon 1! Please add your work to our Discussion archive for features.
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 July: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (July 8, 2019)
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