Mill Village Folk Art Prints

I feel truly blessed to have grown up on a cotton mill village in the 1950's & 60's when the textile industry was at its peak. Thanks to our hardworking elders who worked in the textile mills, my generation was able to have a better life. Sadly most of those elders and textile mills have passed on. In the 1990's, I was inspired to use my art as a tribute and to illustrate the stories of the cotton mill people and their neighborhoods. The neighborhoods may have been in different cities and states, but the stories are similar.

The landscapes of the cotton mill villages were dotted with Smokestacks, Water Tanks and Steeples. Therefore, I chose this as the title of this portfolio of paintings and the title of my newest book. The inspiration I had way back when still burns deeply within me this day!

Mill Village Christmas
Knight's Store
Slippery Memories
Mill Hill Wheels
Third Street
Drying Time
Mill Hill Idol
Waiting On The Ice Cream
Under The China Berry Tree
Summer Theater
"Going Cruisin"
Fall In Progress
"Shift Change"
Back Alley Kite Flying
Mill Hill Churches
"Around The Radio"
"Clothesline Chats"
"Opry Saturday Night"
"Summer Fun"
"Front Porch Politics"
"Snapping Beans & Singing Praises"
"First Set of Wheels"
“Date Nite”
“Groceries for Grandma”
‘’Future League Players”
Picnic in the Park
Headed to Myrtle
“Watermelon Memories”
A Cold Day in Cateechee
“Making A Joyful Noise”
Sunflowers in the Village
Slater Celebrates
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning
Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers
Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers
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Mill Village Christmas

Mill Village Christmas

Night time snow scene in the village.
Signed & numbered print

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (Includes shipping)

Knight's Store

Knight's Store

Children sharing their change to buy one soda at the mill village store!
Signed & numbered print

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 Includes shipping

Slippery Memories

Slippery Memories

Children playing in the snow on the mill village.
Wide white border (overall size 11X14)
Signed & numbered print

11"H x 14"W

$17 ..00 includes shipping

Mill Hill Wheels

Mill Hill Wheels

The wheels on a cog wheel wagon were made from the gears on the looms in the cotton mill. Signed & numbered print

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 includes shipping

Third Street

Third Street

Family walking to church on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print

11"H x 17"W

$20.00 (includes shipping)

Drying Time

Drying Time

The clothes drying on the line are items often worn by the textile workers. Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 17"W

20.00 includes shipping

Mill Hill Idol

Mill Hill Idol

Children singing on the porch of a mill house.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 includes shipping

Waiting On The Ice Cream

Waiting On The Ice Cream

Churning ice cream on the back porch on a hot summer day and waiting on the neighbors to arrive.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (Includes shipping)

Under The China Berry Tree

Under The China Berry Tree

Children playing under the china berry tree. A tree indigenous in the southeastern US. They were plentiful on the mill villages. Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (Includes shipping)

Summer Theater

Summer Theater

Plays performed for the neighbors under the big oak tree on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00

"Going Cruisin"

"Going Cruisin"

Nothing was more fun than getting together with
friends and cruising the local burger joints!
Signed & numbered print.

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (includes shipping)

Fall In Progress

Fall In Progress

Raking leaves and selling apples on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (Includes shipping)

"Shift Change"

"Shift Change"

Shift change at the textile mill in the late 1950’s or early sixties.

12"H x 24"W

Not available

Back Alley Kite Flying

Back Alley Kite Flying

Back alleys were service roads between the streets on the village. The perfect place for kite flying, bike riding etc.

12"H x 24"W

Currently not available

Mill Hill Churches

Mill Hill Churches

Artwork used on poster of the 9th Annual Greenville Textile Heritage Festival titled "Fabric Of Our Faith, Woven At The Mill Hill Church"

8"H x 10"W

Currently sold out

"Around The Radio"

"Around The Radio"

A 1940's family is gathered "Around the Radio". The mill and village at night is featured in the windows.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

"Clothesline Chats"

"Clothesline Chats"

Neighbors are chatting as they hang out their laundry in this retro scene of the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

"Opry Saturday Night"

"Opry Saturday Night"

A family is gathered around the radio on a Saturday night listening to the Grand Ole Opry.
A nighttime scene of the mill is featured in the window.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

"Summer Fun"

"Summer Fun"

A cold sweet treat on a hot summer day when the ice cream truck visits the mill village!
Signed & numbered print

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 Includes shipping

"Front Porch Politics"

"Front Porch Politics"

Depicts three men sitting on the front porch of
a mill house in the 1950's discussing the recent election.
Signed & numbered prints.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

"Snapping Beans & Singing Praises"

"Snapping Beans & Singing Praises"

We loved to visit Grandma who lived on the mill village. We would help her snap beans while we sat in the swing and sang along with the radio! Signed & numbered prints.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

"First Set of Wheels"

"First Set of Wheels"

Children riding "cogwheel" wagons made with the gears from the textile machinery in the cotton mills.
Signed & numbered prints

14"H x 11"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

“Date Nite”

“Date Nite”

Dating on the front porch of a mill house on the Mill Village in the early 1960s. Signed & numbered print.

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (includes shipping)

“Groceries for Grandma”

“Groceries for Grandma”

Grandma happily greeting family members who are bringing her groceries, love and hugs!
Signed & numbered print.

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (includes shipping)

‘’Future League Players”

‘’Future League Players”

Depicts mill village neighborhood kids of yesteryear playing ball.
Signed & numbered print.

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (includes shipping)

Picnic in the Park

Picnic in the Park

Ca. 1950’s children and parents enjoying the local park near the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 (includes shipping)

Headed to Myrtle

Headed to Myrtle

1950’s mill village family packing for a trip to Myrtle Beach,SC
with the neighbors tagging along! Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 includes shipping

“Watermelon Memories”

“Watermelon Memories”

A hot summer day in the mill village with family and friends enjoying a cool watermelon!
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 ( includes shipping)

A Cold Day in Cateechee

A Cold Day in Cateechee

This boarding house at the Cateechee Mill Village in Cateechee SC housed the teachers of the elementary school and salesmen who had business at the Cateechee Mill. Signed & numbered print.

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 (includes shipping)

“Making A Joyful Noise”

“Making A Joyful Noise”

Christmas snow scene of Carolers on the mill village.
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 includes postage

Sunflowers in the Village

Sunflowers in the Village

Sunflowers in the mill village.
Signed & numbered print

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 includes shipping

Slater Celebrates

Slater Celebrates

Children shooting fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July in Slater, SC
Signed & numbered print.

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 includes shipping

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

Depicts quilts hanging on the line to dry before packing away during warmer weather!
Signed and numbered prints

8"H x 10"W

$15.00 includes postage

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

Undergarments of yesteryear!
Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers
Signed & numbered prints

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 includes postage

Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers

Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers

Undergarments of yesteryear!
Signed & Numbered prints

8"H x 10"W

$15 includes postage

Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers

Step-ins, Longhanels & Bloomers

Undergarments of yesteryear!
Signed & numbered prints

11"H x 14"W

$18.00 includes postage