Portrait #1495

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Denton, Christine Maynord
  • Artist:Smith, Roger
  • Date Created:2005
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:24 x 28
  • Image Dimensions:13 1/2 x 17 1/2
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  • Materials/Media:Watercolor
  • Date Documented:June 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Subject facing slightly to viewer's right and looking at viewer. She is wearing a green blouse with a necklace which carries a large stone. She wears loop earrings and has blue eyes and blond hair--a beautiful lady.
  • History:Portrait painted from a family photograph by the Cookeville, TN artist.
  • Notes:Christine and husband, Thomas Woodrow (Woody) Denton owened and operated The Portland Hardware Store on Main Street from 1947 to 2001. Their daughter Johnnie Denton Freedle also worked there for several years. Christine was from the Timothy community of Overton County, Tennessee