Painting Description

My time with the Grand River Conservation Foundation introduced me to many sights along the river. In this painting, a man plays a trumpet as he sits on a back porch enjoying the view. How many interesting landscapes are created by the backs of old buildings along a river course such as this one in Paris. Often the fronts of these buildings have been “improved” but the rear sections stay the way they were. I find these backyard views so much more interesting. Often it is possible to read the history of the buildings in their river-view side. These stores are great examples of Queen Anne front but Mary Anne back.

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