Walton Home 'n Schuyler, Va.

The proverbial home of Earl Hammner called to me to be painted. He was the author of the Americana book "The Waltons" and also the script writer for the TV show that followed. The TV show was widely seen during the 1980's. In this town of Schuyler where I now live E. Hammner is an icon and a museum has been established out of what was the elementary school in Schuyler. The museum is devoted to that TV show and its actors, memorabilia, plus a WWII museum added on to it. Folks who own the house now give tours to the Hammer home 9am to 5pm daily with only Sundays off. Schuyler is just off Rt 6 on Rt 800 (or Schuyler Rd) which is just east of Rt 29 and 30 miles south of Charlottesville (the home of The University of Virginia). I felt like I had been ignoring painting this home long enough and when I stopped into Ike's General Store to buy the local paper (the Daily Progress) some asked me if I ever painted it. Then it hit me: "I ought to do so, and why not now?" I got to it and here is the result. Earl Hammner's writing table and lamp are located in the front right window. While I don't create a spitting image of what I paint, here I did my best to stick to what I was looking at. Of course the people added are just that, people added and nothing more in order to bring a life known to those who lived in this country home. I was thinking of the "Pa" character being the male character. The woman well who really knows? She might be a visitor to the home their for but one afternoon just to see John-boy.