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Does this bring back memories to you? Mama Does the Work depicts the toil and hardship of women during the early 1900's, when the man smoked his pipe and sipped home brew companionably watching his woman work. This is a very different painting for me, but I'm excited to tell you the story. The idea came from an old faded photo . . .it even had the title Mama Does the Work hand written on the back. My neighbor and friend is a genealogy researcher and this old dog-eared photo was among a bunch of family photos. It's a puzzle as not one of their extended families know who these two are. 

So here's to moonshining and to hard working women!!!

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