ONA — Ona resident Linda Childers claims she hopes to use her art to market adore for West Virginia and really encourage folks to investigate the condition for by themselves.
In 2020, she hosted an art exhibit with 30 paintings in her garden. Childers said most of her paintings, aside from the florals and occasional landscapes, are photos of Huntington or Marshall University.
“I required to do a little something that had a statewide attraction,” she explained.
She claimed she was doing work a puzzle final yr that showed the artist’s brush strokes and that led to her developing a map of West Virginia with about 130 miniature paintings of interesting items to do in the Mountain State.
“I’ve experienced it made into a thousand-piece, 24-inch by 30-inch puzzle,” Childers explained. “My spouse, Rick, and I rented a 16-foot Finances truck and hauled them again from Kansas City, Missouri, this