Old Homestead

Helma's first home in America...

This is a painting I did of my Grandma Helma’s first home in America. Helma came from Finland to Ellis Island when she was 11.  (we found her name there during a New York visit several years ago) Her parents could afford 1 ticket.  She was the most adaptable of their 5 children so she was chosen for this adventure.   She fell in love with and married Worthy Glover, had 5 children of her own and lived here for 56 years before her death.  I remember her kitchen,  the smell of fresh bread, and her stories of yellow houses with red roofs on the Finish landscape.  She had a very large impact on my life.  I still have dreams about her home,  and her stories are woven all through my paintings.