Ada Douglas paintings
The paintings are very sturdy – each approximately 25-30 pounds. All sizes are rough estimates - no two paintings by Ada are exactly alike. Part of the way she works is to create from the heart what she feels in the moment. Over many conversations with Ada about her art and way of working, I found her to be genuine, pure and one-of-a-kind. Her main focus with the work doesn’t include getting precise measurements. She says “If they like it they’ll buy it and find a place for it on their wall”. While this is different from the way the art world works in the galleries of New York City, there is some truth in what she says. Please bear in mind that sizes may be off by an inch or two when purchasing, but I will be happy to have Ada double-check specific paintings if you are interested in buying them. The price will be the same regardless. The range of sizes is as follows:
Barns w/ frames: 20” x 29” or 20” x 30”
Churches w/ frames: 22” x 24”, 20” x 28” or 18 ½” x 24”
Water Wheels w/ frames: 22” x 24” or 18” x 20”
Log House w/ frame: 20” x 28”
Covered Bridges w/ frames: 19” x 20” or 16 ½” x 22 ½”
Johnnys w/ frames: 19” x 14” or 17” x 19”
Covered Bridges w/o frames: 9 ½” x 18”
Barns w/o frames: 9 ½” x 18”
Water wheels w/o frames: 9 ½” x 18”
Johnnys w/o frames: 9” x 7” or 10” x 8”
Special notes:
All “old barnwood” is from the original barn which was established in the late 1600’s from Ada’s husband Cecil’s father’s barn. The barnwood is made from wormy chestnut (now extinct) and plain chestnut and oak. All this wood can last forever and is very hard to cut because it’s been seasoned. Additionally, all barns that aren’t called “a different barn” are actual images of the barn that the “old barnwood” came from.
All “new barnwood” is from Cecil’s Aunt Madge’s & Uncle Fred’s barn from the early 1900’s and is made from oak. The art entitled “a different barn” is an actual image of this barn.
The johnnys are based on an outhouse that Ada and Cecil built in 1973 on a campsite at Cecil’s grandma’s place.
The two-door church is based on a church in Piney Creek. One of them has two doors so people could walk in one door to attend a funeral and one door to leave it.
