The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-03-05

| execute such detail, or because M
has many other commissions to fiji
/ in an allotted time he must do rust
job like the contract painter for Mai
Pouch tobacco.
If Mr. Gates was endeavoring to de
| pict a representative Garrett count!
product he might have decided OF
something that is peculiar to the table
land. Wheat grows in many State:
and throughout the world, but buck
wheat well, that is a Garrett county
| speciality. Either in bloom or shocked
in the fields and being scratched down
by wild turkeys, buckwheat woui(
have been a much more fitting subjec
for the foreground. Now that "wilC
turkey item is really a wild fancy
due to the wish-thinking of an incura
bic sportsman. Just when has a Gar
rett countian seen wild turkeys in :
buckwheat feld-now just when
But anyhow, prefer even the plair
buckwheat field to the "aristocratic'
wheat.
In fact I would like to suggest Il
one of those encyclopaedia, bureau
cratic departments in Washington, re-
sponsible for the commissioning Of ar,
lists to paint meritorious pictures for
our public buildings, that the next
commission for Garrett county be
given to Maryland artists. There are
excellent painters, both conservative
and radical, in the Baltimore art col
ony. They are painters who have had
large exhibitions. 1t has been my good
fortune to see some of these eXhib:-
tions. And a few of these artists have
like Gates, done some sketching here
in the lakeland. Would it not have
been more natural, the more decent
the more competent thing, to have
commissioned a Maryland artist for d
postOffice in Maryland? Even though
it is Federal building, is not Mary
land a part of the federation, and does
not her tax money make it possible 20
erect public buildings like our post
office? If we are to leave a cultural
record, just what can we say about
the postoffice picture? We cannot say
it is a product of Maryland culture.
and this we should have a right 70
say
But there are also local artists that
come to mind in this connection. Per-
haps if enough public sentiment is
stirred we might persuade Washing
ton to give us carte blanche for the
left wall of the lobby. In that event it
would be my suggestion to have trip
tych executed and each panel painted
by different artist. The central panel
should be a harvest scene, a harvest
Of buckwheat Let this be done by a
Baltimore artist.
For the left panel l would commits
sion Mrs. Lillian Sincell to paint the
Beachy maple sugar camp as it APP
pears in March. Mrs. Sincell, by this
picture, demonstrates what it means
to actually live on a landscape, satu-
rating oneself inwardly with the bal
ance, contrast and quality of colon
that is peculiar to our own locale.
And for the right panel | would
want painting of Swallow and
Muddy Creek Falls by Mrs. Minnie
Phillips limbaugh.
Mrs. Sincell and Mrs. HinebaugL
have lived most of their lives in this
county. They have developed style
that has grown out Of their own hon
est and lifelong passion for painting
Mrs. Sincell leans decidedly towards
the pastoral, while Mrs. Hinebaugf
successfully portrays the magica
beauty Of the primeval-beforc mar
began its multilation. Mrs. Hincbaugl-
wants US to remember the wild anG
rugged landscapes of old Garrett
Mrs. Sincell wants us to see the beauty
Of the open fields when June brings its
riot Of color to our very doorsteps.
Because both these women have dis
tinguished themselves and honoret
this community with their art, anC
because they have had the patience
and enthusiasm to keep their lamp o!
culture" filled with oil, the day has ar.
rived for their proper recognition.
Artists that have for so many years
faithfully served an unresponsiv,
community are certainly the kind OF
people that have the firm stamp OF
character in their own life and whose
art flows from the heart to the can.
vass. Every person in our community
whether a carpenter, bricklayer, ;
printer or stOrckceper, expects tC
make a contribution to the upbuildine
of his community If she or he is really
altruistic, honest work will remain as
their monument. If bricklayers are
guaranteed posterity in the building:
they have reared, why not give oul
artists the same rights to posterity
They too serve our community wht
with humble brush turn our fancie.
into the light-world Of the ctcrna
beauty that lies about us between in
fancy and old age
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