Susan Kistenmacher

Stone Cottage, Carmel Village Landscape

1992

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...

Charming mid century painting of Carmel stucco cottage and with gladiolas and Geraniums in planting beds by listed artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American,...

Vibrant, colorful painting of a cabin in Carmel Valley, California by Monterey artist Ray Barton (American, 1918-1988). Signed "R. Barton" lower right and "Ray Barton" with street ad...

Wonderful flowers and stone steps, Nantucket, a rare watercolor painting by New York and Nantucket artist Jane Brewster Reid (American, 1862-1966). Presented in a giltwood frame. Sig...

This artwork "Landscape with House" is a watercolor by noted California artist Earl Thollander, 1923-2001. It is signed at the lower right corner by th...

Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer American, 1877-1959 House with a Flower Garden Oil on board 16 by 20 in, w/ frame 21 ½ by 25 ¼ in Signed lower right A plein-air painter of landscapes and f...

This artwork "Landscape with Houses, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower right corner by t...