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Paintings of the Main Line
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When we moved into our home on Radnor-Chester Road in the fall of 1984, one of the first things I did was buy a new riding mower. The first weekend after we moved in, I made the first of my trips up and down the lawn on the mower, scouring the yard of leaves and broken branches. My only hope was that my family and I could continue to live in this beautiful community.
With each passing month, for more than 20 years, I have been thankful for the maintenance-heavy home we bought, as I mend the fences, paint the siding and shutters, and care for the many ills brought with an older home. |
I have lived most of my life in Delaware County. My parents first moved into a small brick house in Havertown when I was three years old. At the age of five, we moved to Broomall. A few years later we settled in Upper Darby; first to the Stonehurst section, and then to Richfield Road (near 69th Street). I received my education in the Upper Darby School system, which I am immensely thankful for today, and graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1965, with the largest class of baby boomers, from the 3500 seat Tower Theater (the only place that would hold us with our families).
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I married first at 25 and moved to Springfield and remarried at 36, afterwhich my wife, Barbara, and our combined families moved to our current home in Radnor.
In 2001, when I started painting the homes and scenery of my neighborhood, I began not only to see, but feel the rich diversity in the architecture, the people, and the energy that makes Radnor such a special place. I also began to understand how in jeopardy we are of losing many of the treasures we have that make our community so interesting, so beautiful, and so valued. |
I have spent hundreds of hours over the past few years sitting in thickets, on street corners, in parking lots, and on hillsides, experiencing Radnor. I have met many warm and friendly people as I painted, and after all the years living in the township, have grown to realize how fortunate I am to call it home.
– George Rothacker February, 2005
Prints of plein air paintings measure approximately 10" x 8". These are printed on heavy archival mat stock via a 7-color Epson ink jet printer using archival inks. All of these prints are in editions of 50. |
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Radnor Studio Gallery
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 Day After Snowfall  Loella  Snow in North Wayne  Willistown Winter  Bloomingdale Spring  The Suburban Building  North Wayne Victorian  Across from Cabrini  The Atterbury House  Conestoga Road  Wayne on a Summer Night  Sycamore |
 Ithan Creek  Radnor Chester  Toby's House  Winter Green  South Wayne and Lancaster Avenue  Cabrini Brick House  Summer in Blue and Yellow  Rooftops of Wayne  Boyle's Garage  Chimonix and St. Davids  Goshen and Providence Road |
 Snowfall on Radnor Chester Road  Radnor Chester Barns  Fall at the Willows  Ithan Woods  Saw Mill Road  Wayne In Winter  Wrong Way  House on the Trail  Beaumont at Dusk  Villanova Chapel  Gatehouse |
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Radnor Plein Air
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 Anthropologie  Abraham's Barn  Burket's Oil  Conestoga and Route 320  Craftsman Style  Eyebrow House  Founder's Home  Hay Bales  Ithan Valley Park  Main Line Night School  North Wayne Avenue  P&W Substation  Radnor Station  Scott Fields  The 5th of July  Christmas Tree in Summer  The Honish Addition  The Stables  Willow  The Yellow House  Victorian Row  Walnut Lane in June  Winter Dogwood |
 Autumn Day  Bend on Newtown Road  Chimonix Shed  Conestoga Road House  Downtown Wayne  Fall At 216  Goshen and Darby Paoli Road  Herr's Cherry Tree  John's Market  Medium Cottage  Our House  Radnor Cottage  Reer of Our House  Snow Tree  The Baird's House  The Church on the Trail  The Red Door  The White House  The Willows Mansion  Victorian Gothic  View from Eagle Road  Wayne Stores  Winter Wonderland |
 Banjo House  Bloomingdale Barn  Conestoga and Radnor Chester  Cow Fields  Drying House  Farm House  Gulph Creek Twin  Herr's House  King of Prussia Road Underpass  House on Newtown Road  Park at Eastern College  Radnor Historical Society  Scott Barn  Strafford Station  Beuchler's House  The Hill on South Wayne  The Red House on North Wayne  The Willows in Fall  The Willows  Victorian Redo  Waiting at the Station  Wayne Train Station |
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Ardrossan
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 Ardrossan Little House  Ardrossan House  Ardrossan Spring House |
 Ardrossan Barn  Ardrossan Southern Style |
 Ardrossan Frog Pond  Ardrossan Main House |
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Main Line
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 Ardmore  Bryn Mawr Presbyterian |
 Ardmore Light  Parvins |
 Sushi Land |
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Copyright © 2011. George H. Rothacker. All Rights Reserved.
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