Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-21

Sne COPIED from pictures, among the
first of which was the horse upon |
which Gen. Sherman sat, spirited |
animal which delighted her childish |
eye and over which she spent much |
time in trying to reproduce it with |
her pencil. Then she made an image |
of cloth, stuffed with cotton batting,
which was a remarkable likeness
to horse, VIII g n considered
as the work of a child. For a long
time she was unsettled in what way
she would manifest her thought forms.
And al one time she wrote verses,
among which was little poem en-
titled 1.-THE Chase" in which she quite
wildly made her pictures in words.
This idea she probably got from Scott
and other writer's, as she and her sis
ter Edna were fond of reading them.
Later she used branches of evergreen
trees, moses and stones for her land
scapes and would add her figures, cut
from pasteboard latter first drawing
them.) There would be mounted
horsemen, hounds and deer. Next she
made drawings which attracted the
attention of few friends and was so
encouraged that she took few les
sons on landscape painting, and the
method of mixing colors. Her first
| attempt in colors, of horse, was her
fathers ''Old Charlie" Slyly by her.
self she went to work and succeeded
in making fairly good likeness of
the horse. None of her relatives save
her hopeful mother had faith she
would ever have ability enough to
ever earn money by painting. But
in the face of all such opposition she
worked on till able to place
the evidence before them. At the age
of seventeen she went to Boston to
study art in the Cowles Art School.
Friends unknown before, seemed
raised to help her. While studying,
| she painted several notable horses in
and around Boston. She had practic-
ally earned her living for two years
previous, altho' not receiving great
sums of course. Her very great love
for horses caused her to give her time
TO them. Three years she spent in
Boston, during which time and in
which place she received all the in
struction she has yet had upon the
art of painting. Scott Leighton, who
had studio in Boston allowed her the
privilege of visiting his studio at will
and painting from his works. She
next went to Providence, Hartford
and Springfield where she painted a
great many of the best race horses of
that time. In February 1898 she went
to New York City where other amin
ais than horses were also her study.
Her copy from picture taken from
Rosa Bonheur's "An Old Monarch, -
just the head of grand lion, some of
US have admired greatly. That she
sold for good price. Then she de-
voted considerable time to portrait
painting. During the summer of 1908
oAC PdlAGOO pO1 u d1Uc VI n WI hdAA OA
Stanford, Conn, and Marie Stewart
of Council Bluffs, Iowa. These she
considers some of her best products.
Just at present (January 'O4) she is
engaged in painting cattle which will
E take several months to complete, SO
, she writes. The painting from a
copy of Rosa Bonheur's ''Horse Fair
which has very recently arrived, from
; her brush in New York, to beautify
the home of our president, Mrs
French, speaks for her close study OF
the horses in varied active positions.
May all desired and necessary oppor-
turtles, with health ample for the
work, be given to this our friend, to
t continue climbing farther and farther
! up the ladder to fame as an artist OF
true worth.
E. S. EATON.