The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-15
ny EMMA Z. EguA

BY EMMA - eeJUA
Il have painted IN many places, but
I know OF no place In the United
States where there II such scope OF
landscape where there arc valleys,
hills, streams and trees, equal TO
Wayne county," J. q. Bundy. nation
ally known landscape painter, whose
town studio is at SGT West Main street
says.
Elwood Morris, another local land
scapist Of talent backed his statement,
and the two pointed out several spots
of gorgeous, natural beauty which
they found long ago in Wayne county.
and which are everybody's property.
Either artist would make an ideal
Baedeker guide had Wayne county dis.
covered her own wealth as beauty
spot, but instead her people travel tar
and wide to see what IL likely to be
vastly inferior country, while the ar
lists paint beautiful pictures right
here IN Wayne, ~.5
Beauty 10 Everywhere.
Both north and south OF Richmond
there arc places OF particular note,
which have been frequented by artists
and other lovers OF nature for years
but tho real charm Of the locality, Mr..
oUuVy 00u Ak1s VXO4 40 00yS 40 SAA0 vssSS
endowment Of CONSECUTIVE beauty.
around" to find q new beauty spot in
Wayne county. In many Of the other
and moro greatly sought regions OF
beauty in the country, It 10 necessary
to travel for miles to find "the spot. "
Only here and there 10 the place which
tourists have called marvellous, or
- Aes1SaA a IN q
enough to return. And to reach them
very mediocre land must be travelled.
mot so in Wayne county. It is
hard to find a spot which is not beau
tiful enough to paint; not only once
but over and over again." they said.
practically everywhere in the valley
Of the Whitewater, or any branches
and tributaries is country. OF rare
charm" e-
slave you seen Bulbs place south
west of Richmond?" asked the paint.
ers. Many people have not even seen
It. though it is one of the best known
beauty centers. On Bulbs land ie
one Of the most remarkable woods Of
the county, containing everything
that woods should have.
"Tress Begin to Pose"
"And they have been painted 50
many times that the minute an art
ist enters their shade. the trees begin
to pose" remarked Mr.. Morris.
Winding down through the country
in q southerly direction Is Clear
creek, well used as picnic grounds
farther north but becoming extremely
wild and veljant to the south. Near
Bulbs woods is Crescent lake.
Elliot's mill, south Of Richmond,
and the south-going pixies. including
Straightline, one of the steepest and
narrowest, are central lines from
which artists have made tangents for
years. Mr.. Bundy has shack south
of the last hill on the Wernle road.
There on a hundred acres he says
there is enough scenery to furnish
him inspirations or the rest of his
life.
"Of course, 1t is nice to go about
for the sake Of change, but SO far as
hills. valleys, streams. fields. all sorts
OF fascinating hooks and corners and
broad vistas are concerned. have
them right there" said Mr.. Bundy.
Il like to paint the same place over
and over. It is always different; the
sky is ever changing, and my imagin.
alton 10 constantly affected by new
things I had not seen before. In all
the pictures I have painted at my
shack have never gone off my OWL
ground but once, and then I turned
and painted my SIDE"
Arlington Displays Beauty.
Lick creek and its hills on the way
to Arlington, and this quaint old towI
itself are pointed out as places O.
rare vantage to the beauty seeker
Old stone fences, picturesque homes
and even the rare unchanged beauty
of nature are to be found in Aiding
ton and vicinity.
A certain charming river road break
ing of from tho Liberty Pike, crossing
the Whitewater and Ldck's Creek OF