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| Winter in the Alps |
Here's another of Tom Miller's murals in Sugarcreek. This one was on the local hardware storefront if I remember correctly. Did you spot the ponies in the background hauling a wagon of logs? An animated feature, they 'trotted' all the way along the snow ridge and disappeared to circle around again. Believe me, I even got a movie on my camera of them!
Tom Miller became prolific with his murals and adorned many buildings, both inside and out. Well-known mural sites include Heini's in Bunker Hill, the Walnut Creek Der Dutchman, Charm's Guggisberg Cheese, Lehman Hardware in Kidron, and even an Amish dairy in Indiana. Animated features range trains, horses with wagons, and a herd of Swiss dairy cows to skiers and even snowmobiles! His largest indoor mural was in Grandma's Alpine Homestead, filling most of the walls and even the ceiling of the restaurant. What an amazing painter!
4 comments:
Is Tom Miller still living? Did you ever meet him?
That's a beautiful painting with the pine trees and the scenic mountains in the background. It look like a scene from the Alps. I wonder if Tom Miller had a connection to that part of the world.
Beautiful mural! Those horses are so cute! Did they move bakc and forth?
Yes, Tom Miller not only had a Swiss background, but he took a trip to Switzerland which inspired his work.
Actually Tom Miller passed away in the 1990s. I would have loved to watch him paint though.
The horses did move all the way along the snow ridge. They were fun to watch!
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