By Darla McCammon Guest Writer After seeing the headline above, does a special person pop into your mind? For me, it’s an automatic “yes!” I cannot escape the literally hundreds of scenes that Norman Rockwell painted for “Boys Life” Magazine and his memorable “Saturday Evening Post tributes to our country. Since we are celebrating a …read more.

By Darla McCammon The clock is universally recognized when we think of the New Year. Have you made your resolutions yet? The clock painting reminds us of passing time and our wish to stretch it. Do you recognize the work of the artist who painted it? Most Americans will recognize the work of artist Norman …read more.

By Darla McCammon This has been an incredible journey as we discovered many aspects played by the turkey on our nation and our lives. From learning that Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird rather than the eagle, to our journey with America’s bird artist Audubon showing us a wild turkey, to …read more.

By Darla McCammon Moving beyond Halloween and its goblins, we will concentrate on another American tradition: Thanksgiving and its gobblers. We recently looked at a famous painting of a turkey done by John James Audubon that was included in his “The Birds of America” book and sold for over $8 million back in 2000. This …read more.

By DARLA MCCAMMON Lakeland Art Association Many of you will immediately recognize this world famous artist, Norman Rockwell. Some of his work was hired by Saturday Evening Post Magazine at payments between $2,000 and $3,000 after he achieved significance. The same Post Cover Originals later sold for sums like $46 million dollars each! Not only …read more.