Glade Creek Grist Mill
by Lianne Schneider
Title
Glade Creek Grist Mill
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
It's November - my most hated month and that's because it's so colorless and gray. So I thought I'd post one last brilliant autumn image perhaps to carry me through to snow and holidays. Another in the "Simple Life" series that began with "Gimme That Ol' Time Religion." This painting is based on a public domain photograph (courtesy of Forest Wander) of the old Glade Creek mill located in Babcock State Park in West Virginia. This is my second digitally hand-painted view of the mill and a have a winter one yet to post.
The Glade Creek Grist Mill is a new mill that was completed in 1976 at Babcock. Fully operable, this mill was built as a re-creation of one which once ground grain on Glade Creek long before Babcock became a state park. Known as Cooper's Mill, it stood on the present location of the park's administration building parking lot.
Of special interest, the mill was created by combining parts and pieces from three mills which once dotted the state. The basic structure of the mill came from the Stoney Creek Grist Mill which dates back to 1890. It was dismantled and moved piece by piece to Babcock from a spot near Campbelltown in Pocahontas County. After an accidental fire destroyed the Spring Run Grist Mill near Petersburg, Grant County, only the overshot water wheel could be salvaged. Other parts for the mill came from the Onego Grist Mill near Seneca Rocks in Pendleton County.
A living monument to the over 500 mills which thrived in West Virginia at the turn of the century, the Glade Creek Grist Mill provides freshly ground cornmeal which park guests may purchase depending on availability and stream conditions. Visitors to the mill may journey back to the time when grinding grain by a rushing stream was a way of life, and the groaning mill wheel was music to the miller's ear. The Glade Creek Grist Mill is a replica of the original Cooper's Mill that was located nearby. The current grist mill, completed in 1976, was assembled from parts of three other West Virginia mills. The park's web site describes the Glade Creek Grist Mill as a living, working monument to the more than 500 mills that used to set throughout the state.
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November 2nd, 2013
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Comments (135)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular mill creek composition, lighting, shading, stunning colors and artwork! F/L voted
Sherri Of Palm Springs
Hi Lianne, when I open up your art pages I never know where to go first...you do such lovely works its hard to pick on..this is gorgeous I just love it my friend Sherri FVL
Will Borden
Lianne~~visiting again! Certainly a stunning autumn mill scene- the bear is a fantastic element! Best Regards to you! F&L&T!
Latha Gokuldas Panicker
Beautiful autumn scenery with a lovely stream...nature knows,the joy is in shining forth !!!!! I missed this beautiful poem by Lianne :) :) F/L
Linda Phelps
How nice to bring the past back to life! Very nice painting of the fall color backdrop for this bear by the mill. You nave created lots od marvelous details in the composition. I like the ducks in the water!
Robert ONeil
Lianne, Amazing & inspired work!! Your creativity & talent is superb my friend. f/v Bravo
Gloria Ssali
a truly stunning piece Lianne with your signature touches of excellence and sensitive style love the serenity you created would love to visit this charming place very inviting fv
Sue Smith
Beautifully done, Lianne!!! I love all the bright, fall colors and, of course the bear! v/f