Day: October 8, 2026

Pumpkin Night at the Oak Hill Schoolhouse

Ink and watercolor painting of Oak Hill Schoolhouse surrounded by autumn trees, with a glowing doorway, pumpkins, and a child carrying a pumpkin accompanied by a dog.

Medium: Pen, Ink and WatercolorSize: 7 by 10 inchesNotes: From my own reference photo Inspired by my own memories of autumn nights in childhood. Built in 1886, the Oak Hill School was originally located in Knob Creek, Tennessee (now absorbed into Johnson City). It was closed in the 1950s, and when commercial construction bought the […]

Pumpkin Night

Daytime photograph of Oak Hill Schoolhouse with Pumpkin Night overlaid on the left, depicting the same building amid autumn trees with a glowing doorway, a child, and a dog.

How a memory of an autumn evening in 1975 inspired my latest print.