"Columns of Davidson Hall"
12" x 24"
oil on canvas
My daughter graduated last month from Coker College in Hartsville, SC. These are the columns at the front of Davidson Hall, the centerpiece of the campus. They are also on the college logo. I really enjoy decorative works in architecture, be it columns, gables, millwork, arches or whatever. The buildings and landscape of Coker are so beautiful. It's classically charming and southern.
I started thinking about painting this for Haleigh last year at a graduation we attended there. The students face this building during their outdoor graduation ceremony, and I thought how the white columns and blue sky would make a memorable painting for a graduation gift.
Anyway, a year later I painted it. Although I didn't get the blue sky in the composition I did get the blue reflection. I framed it in a soft silver frame.
Hopefully she will be able to hang it in her home or office for many years and have fond memories of her college days.