tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48595291535320349692024-03-05T14:41:59.395-08:00Familiar Places - Paintings of George H. RothackerGeorge H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-49912772244577536102011-04-26T06:44:00.000-07:002011-04-26T06:46:23.513-07:00Wheeler Woods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBM7A7EMONv-7Md6lKzaWfo4tkrBgprr9n-XjdFC8YlOVYFFONfO5CrLF4D91NxT-cnAfCjEnp6Yca89pLt1pab6hhPMEU-N9pRIDzg31N2uDOGaRuZwvIsNlnmzNz-0Qqw3AVsXtqWQ/s1600/Beaumont2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBM7A7EMONv-7Md6lKzaWfo4tkrBgprr9n-XjdFC8YlOVYFFONfO5CrLF4D91NxT-cnAfCjEnp6Yca89pLt1pab6hhPMEU-N9pRIDzg31N2uDOGaRuZwvIsNlnmzNz-0Qqw3AVsXtqWQ/s400/Beaumont2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Collection of Leslie Wheeler</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>(originally commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wheeler)</i></span></span></span>George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-4281282333229346442011-04-26T05:30:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:33:50.687-07:00Studio 7, West Philadelphia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-rqVnB_p-RR4g1A5oDGLxcZ_9sHD1H3RtDQk4BxQgy8O8VL1405EerBU9N6l1j26sk-1npOTMr738Nbkc9A0ljGy57-DffTIm1bwJ_e62W9dFpt_Xd4-c0Q1q3hT7Iitm1zEIzGv94Q/s1600/Studio+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-rqVnB_p-RR4g1A5oDGLxcZ_9sHD1H3RtDQk4BxQgy8O8VL1405EerBU9N6l1j26sk-1npOTMr738Nbkc9A0ljGy57-DffTIm1bwJ_e62W9dFpt_Xd4-c0Q1q3hT7Iitm1zEIzGv94Q/s400/Studio+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>26" x 36" acrylic on canvas</i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">$1600 </span></span></i></span><br />
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60th and Spruce, though a high crime area, is ripe for evocative and colorful images. Kiana’s Market sits across the street from the Studio 7 Lounge that also houses a Jamaican Restaurant. Much of the rest of 60th Street has been emptied of businesses in recent years.<br />
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I love the colors an textures of urban landscapes...as well as signage that accompany’s them. The portrait I’ve painted compresses the scene revealing the character of the area, and hiding the emptiness created by the desolution of the area.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-79474690689557681222011-04-26T05:24:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:45:53.426-07:00Wayne Train Station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mKVZjj7nQJ9wznE1wfgYJEEBaAkZ3d-d-7r5E-l_tJSZuysv7eNJo6EpUeuvBUFddka7udd1Kf8Jqhn80ZvgqKufbleZDWCVCUJAYq-IjYkL6Wb4e-7UQXQalbGRAxbCOcrrmnI23gw/s1600/wayne+train2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mKVZjj7nQJ9wznE1wfgYJEEBaAkZ3d-d-7r5E-l_tJSZuysv7eNJo6EpUeuvBUFddka7udd1Kf8Jqhn80ZvgqKufbleZDWCVCUJAYq-IjYkL6Wb4e-7UQXQalbGRAxbCOcrrmnI23gw/s400/wayne+train2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>16" x 26" acrylic on canvas</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>$1600</i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></div>Wayne Station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1882 to <br />
1885, and the station building was restored from 1998 to 2004 with significant local community support and funding. The year after this restoration project began, the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<br />
The building currently houses the Station Cafe & Juice Bar, which serves coffee, tea, and other beverages in the mornings and occasionally features live Jazz at night.<br />
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The most interesting features of the station are its chimney, terret and windows. I had painted the entire station in the past but chose to concentrate on the upper sections of the structure with accents on the deep shadows.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-69759010086195058532011-04-26T05:20:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:21:07.325-07:00Sushi Land<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh40iHbgIs2EgxUrt-1MSBycGR95U4NAWJwAEWy4aMoRB54p-hMK_ZkkirK06DYgSDHVLG01616Hjg1oQHaaNQ6vp35dIEo3qYtI3uLBSfYNtjsrFtbfFSL5bop13gb52O4JO2j-yJpl8/s1600/Sushi+Land.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh40iHbgIs2EgxUrt-1MSBycGR95U4NAWJwAEWy4aMoRB54p-hMK_ZkkirK06DYgSDHVLG01616Hjg1oQHaaNQ6vp35dIEo3qYtI3uLBSfYNtjsrFtbfFSL5bop13gb52O4JO2j-yJpl8/s400/Sushi+Land.jpg" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" width="400" /></i></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">16"" x 26" acrylic on canvas</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">$1600 </span></i></div> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The name Bryn Mawr means "big hill" in Welsh and takes its </span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">name from an estate near Dolgellau in North Wales. It is the located</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in Montgomery County between Haverford and Rosemont and</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has many fine shops along Lancaster Avenue.</span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Too often people who are shopping don’t look up. Many</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">shopping areas have beautiful or unusual facades that rise above</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the street level. Bryn Mawr has many of these along the Pike,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">but I most enjoyed painting the signage and awning.</span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></i>George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-58157168885985111822011-04-26T05:09:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:11:07.521-07:0069th Street: Today and Yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDgdiVJ85gD3M0GXYba-D0tTK36yQmWyLqdpvBlZB84RVt8PSwhyphenhyphenOy5fsusW4MPqJ3OUsuTowxOo41mCe71v7NENJ8hH1GMAvweMqPBNCbWq9-Newzom85JsTYd102ZN23gBYVXzPuIE/s1600/69thstreetmovie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDgdiVJ85gD3M0GXYba-D0tTK36yQmWyLqdpvBlZB84RVt8PSwhyphenhyphenOy5fsusW4MPqJ3OUsuTowxOo41mCe71v7NENJ8hH1GMAvweMqPBNCbWq9-Newzom85JsTYd102ZN23gBYVXzPuIE/s400/69thstreetmovie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">26"" x 36" acrylic on canvas</span></i></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">$4200</span></i><br />
</div>The 69th Street Terminal celebrated its 100th birthday in 2008.<br />
Septa runs its Market-Frankford Subway/Elevcted Line, Bus and<br />
Trolley Lines,and a High Speed Line to Norristown from the terminal,<br />
It also houses various stores, offices, eateries and a post office.<br />
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My family didn’t have a car when I was growing up, so<br />
living in Upper Darby, I was always headed to or from the<br />
terminal. There was a movie house, a dug store and a<br />
market where we shopped on our way home. When I was first<br />
married, I took the trolley from Springfield and Media to<br />
the terminal and the El to work. This painting shows the<br />
elevated crosswalk that was built since I used the terminal,<br />
and the McClatchy Building with its ornate tiling that housed<br />
the offices of ohn McClatchy: the man who built 69th Street.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-36285276558099395252011-04-26T04:56:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:07:43.380-07:00Bloomingdale Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc2drJwXO-Z6BT159d-PC544lC-5xcQsDSTDZ-Ade56eHWerJ74LrWKI24NJBJEqkfkIKNciwkOwCi2PgDQ00d6Ycim5Qdxo2qXqX_oZ8rgKwLwGC3QIM18hjfAgzvctTsB-3zaX2FXU/s1600/BloomingdaleSpring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc2drJwXO-Z6BT159d-PC544lC-5xcQsDSTDZ-Ade56eHWerJ74LrWKI24NJBJEqkfkIKNciwkOwCi2PgDQ00d6Ycim5Qdxo2qXqX_oZ8rgKwLwGC3QIM18hjfAgzvctTsB-3zaX2FXU/s400/BloomingdaleSpring.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">32" x 40" acrylic on canvas</span></i></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">$3800</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">\ </span></i></div>Bloomingdale Avenue is the oldest street in Wayne. The original<br />
buildings are late Victorian and feature deep front lawns and wide<br />
porches. Few of the original homes remain and most have<br />
been modernized. Newman & Saunders Galleries is one of only a <br />
couple that remains unaltered.<br />
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Even without the blossoming trees, this painting would be<br />
identified as ‘springlike’. The two easter egg colored homes <br />
situated near the corner of Bloomingdale and Conestoga are<br />
simple structures that retain a charm of days gone by. The<br />
purple house has a small barn in the back covered in old<br />
tin signs....and the lawn is home to a milk cart.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-59605873606782343052011-04-25T11:49:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:07:22.110-07:00Ardmore Art Deco<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKqqUPffYs_s7E7X40HS6rCb_4xiYVE3fK-A0twB3j4HHs4a4Lr_H9nvDlWMo1HmsgjtQdCFlKtd_N-XeclmjWUuNW3-PWhf0ZFxA_2-3SM9F0RsJRIYcVimivBiK8zdxLwz-iwfyl3U/s1600/ardmoredecolarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKqqUPffYs_s7E7X40HS6rCb_4xiYVE3fK-A0twB3j4HHs4a4Lr_H9nvDlWMo1HmsgjtQdCFlKtd_N-XeclmjWUuNW3-PWhf0ZFxA_2-3SM9F0RsJRIYcVimivBiK8zdxLwz-iwfyl3U/s400/ardmoredecolarge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">16" x 20" acrylic on canvas</span></i></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">$1800</span></i></div><br />
Many of the commercial buildings in both the Ardmore and Upper Darby commercial districts are adorned with Art Deco tiles and detailings. This former department store in Ardmore has decorations similar to the Anthony Wayne Theatre in Wayne, and the buildings on W. Garrett Road in Upper Darby.<br />
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Though the top of this building is left unappreciated by many who pass by it, it’s second floor and roof line are beautifully adorned in the art deco style of the 1920s. Although ornate, the use of it is restricted so the building does not appear gaudy.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-55948800841034440132011-04-25T11:27:00.001-07:002011-04-25T11:39:50.078-07:00Argyle Avenue, Ardmore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvOFielT0kOpCOFG_Rq5OvzCX7wTxX2fkcBEIYk02h5gW2RG7GZ_yaTFxLz_Ry_DJhUWfU5UA7n8Kp1QVfU85Jef8ceqI4D2DP4Yc61UJnOPYPHCtCvBJIfpUkVPEkiut-W3zUCFsY8s/s1600/Ardmore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvOFielT0kOpCOFG_Rq5OvzCX7wTxX2fkcBEIYk02h5gW2RG7GZ_yaTFxLz_Ry_DJhUWfU5UA7n8Kp1QVfU85Jef8ceqI4D2DP4Yc61UJnOPYPHCtCvBJIfpUkVPEkiut-W3zUCFsY8s/s400/Ardmore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">24" x 36" acrylic on canvas</span></i></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">$3200</span></i></div><br />
My father was born on Argyle Avenue in 1911, in a house at the corner of Argyle and Church Road, just a few houses down from those in the painting. In her later years my grandmother lived in a small room in the Argyle Court apartments, just across the street from these houses.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859529153532034969.post-63234649196208704032011-04-25T05:50:00.000-07:002011-04-26T05:53:53.814-07:00Phillies Trilogy (Part 1) Anticipation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdZooS43yeEJrEuEBnjIjTA-_pfJVBYtP-k8hv9AcTT8Kw_qmCkC-c9YxcWGV69v0uVMr6NWunMpXzAp3H78yQB0D_HXsQ3wuVl_CmMDq340CnpMrVlMKJOu2XxHgj5HLuFWTZEhQsco/s1600/Phillies+Panel+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdZooS43yeEJrEuEBnjIjTA-_pfJVBYtP-k8hv9AcTT8Kw_qmCkC-c9YxcWGV69v0uVMr6NWunMpXzAp3H78yQB0D_HXsQ3wuVl_CmMDq340CnpMrVlMKJOu2XxHgj5HLuFWTZEhQsco/s400/Phillies+Panel+1.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(3) panels 36" x 24" acrylic on canvas</i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">$4600 </span></span></i></span><br />
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It was quite a night: July 6, 2009. The Phils scored 11 runs in the first inning, hit to a Grand Slam homer run in the eighth, and beat the Cincinnati Reds 22-1.<br />
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The crowd was huge, and my objective was to capture it in a painting. But one painting wouldn't do, so I painted three.<br />
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Each panel is framed separately, making the whole work larger than 6 ft. in width.George H. Rothackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01322683254617241997noreply@blogger.com