Travis Hardware Store Sketch
by AnnaJo Vahle
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Title
Travis Hardware Store Sketch
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This is one of four sketches I did of Cocoa Village for the City Hall art competition. Cocoa just recently built a new City Hall. They put out a call for local artists to paint the city. Ten winners were then commissioned to do 24 by 36 inch paintings for the City Hall. This was not a winner. I never did do a completed painting of it. I might still do so some day. I did this on location and think that would be the way that I would do it again. I painted this in acrylic.
It is fun to go inside and spend a few hours looking at all the interesting stuff, both old and new. It is really fascinating and doesn't seem to have changed over the decade.
For over 125 years, from the rise and fall of the river trade in the late 1800's, to the birth of the space age, and into the present, The S.F. Travis Company has been in Cocoa, Fla., providing hardware products and supplies.
"In 1885, my great-grandfather, Colonel S.F.Travis, who served in the American Civil War, had a sailboat going up and down the rivers, delivering items and taking orders from Jacksonville to Fort Pierce," says fourth-generation owner Travis "Mac" Osborne who took control of operations in 1983.
It may be an old-fashioned store but it has acquired a unique niche that didn't exist during S.F. Travis' time - a location just nine miles from the Kennedy Space Center. Osborne's customers include Lockheed Martin, Boeing, United Space Alliance and URS. Osborne also provides supplies for NASA, the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Army in addition to power plants and heavy contractors.
"We sold the two-inch bolts that hold the shuttle to the crawler," says Osborne. "now we're getting into private launches with SpaceX." Osborne also supplied the roller bearings to open the doors of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building and the parts for repairs to the tracking satellites for rockets and shuttles.
"Sixty percent of our business is special order and have an inventory like no one else has. Many of the customers we supply need a quick response.”
“Hardware stores are the basis of any community,” says Osborne. “It’s where people gather and that’s been our place in our community.”
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Comments (21)
Allison Constantino
Amazing image and a really great back story! I DO actually think you should do a "finished" painting of this "someday!"
Jimmie Bartlett
Beautiful work AnnaJo! I like the feel of small town America in this painting. I also enjoy the great descriptions of your work. F,L,t
Debbie Portwood
Love this wonderful work as well Hanne! Great scene of what could be old downtown most anywhere in the US! Beautiful details and nostagic look and feel!! LOVE the squirrel on the high line wire!! f/l/t :D
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you so much, Debbie. The village does remind me of so many American towns. That is part of it's charm.
Rosalie Scanlon
Wonderful painting, so cute with the little Squirrel on the wire above the scene. L/F
John Malone
Congratulations on this marvellous painting being FEATURED on BEST REPRESENTATIONAL OIL ACRYLIC WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS OF FAA! V/F….group administrator, John Malone
Dianna Lewis
Beautiful rendition Annajo. I love the structure , color, and perspective . Great piece!
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations your creative art work is featured in the "Out Of The Ordinary" group!
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thanks again, Lyric. I appreciate you taking the time to comment. I am honored to be featured.
Christina Schott
Well AnnaJo I like it Great work !!!
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you very much, Christina. Don't worry…I was the only one to end up with two commissions. This just was one of the four that didn't make it.