Days Gone By

by Marilyn Smith

Title

Days Gone By

Artist

Marilyn Smith

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

This painting was meant to stir memories of days long ago when one room school houses were a very important part of country neighborhoods. This particular school house is near Lake Mills, Wisconsin. I attended there for 8 years, not counting the years I ran over to play whenever the children came out for recess! We lived next door to the school on Brick Street Road, thus the name of the school--Brick Street School. The teacher that I had for the majority of my years there always encouraged me in my art. She was 99 at the time that I created this painting for her. It was long overdue as my gift to her!
Growing up in the country gave us the chance to be close to all the neighborhood children. It was a great time in our lives. It had to be very challenging for our teachers as many years we would have migrant worker's children attending classes there and usually they did not speak English. The students were encouraged to help each other learn both languages. That was a long time ago and certainly is "Days Gone By".

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May 16th, 2012

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