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The Lewisville Grist Mill was built in 1881. This structure was twenty-four by forty feet, with two run of stones for flour and feed. When fire destroyed a nearby residence in 1918, the sparks from that fire ignited the combined grist mill and sawmill, burning it to the ground. The mill was not rebuilt. This painting was produced at the request of Tom Woolridge of La Center, Washington from a sole photograph from the early 1920￿s.Tom and his siblings grew up near where the mill stood.

Born in Philadelphia in the late thirties, Jim Gola grew up heavily influenced by art and the cultural atmosphere contained in this bustling city. The city of brotherly love is still a thriving east coast art market that comprises some of the oldest art schools and galleries in America. Jim admits to spending numerous hours at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a youngster. Admiring much of the work of Americas past masters such as Inness, Moran, Chase, Homer and Bierstadt, among others. He then started to generate his lifelong love of oil painting. Moving to Oregon in the early sixties, while free lancing in art, Jim was introduced to the field of architecture. Upon receiving commissions to...