Elsa Hull

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Watercolor of an old California mission. Signed lower right illegibly and dated 1940. Displayed in a brown wood frame with double matting. Shipped w...

A beautiful watercolor painting of a brown Carmel house with a white picket fence in front by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner, a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area, California watercolor artist. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity. Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...

This artwork "The Old Farm" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corne...

This artwork "Lanscape with House" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963.Signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas...