"Encounter on Cemetery Hill"
My newest, (maybe spookiest) painting to date!

Cemetery Road, as it's known, has been a popular shortcut for well over a century, even though the road was never entirely paved. During the day, and when the weather is dry, it's a popular timesaver for drivers bent on avoiding traffic. As twilight falls, it becomes a favorite for romantic young lovers who park, and, along with other pastimes, view the twinkling lights of the town below.

The old cemetery holds graves that go back to Civil War times and earlier. Having been pretty well fully populated for many years, the "Old Burying Ground" now lies abandoned, its monuments yielding to decades of neglect, winter frosts and spring rains, gradually eroding, tilting and toppling long-forgotten headstones. Only a few of the Victorian era mansions and structures remain today, and they're as abandoned and decrepit as the sprawling cemetery they border.

Over the years, there have been innumerable accounts of strange happenings, odd floating lights, shadowy hitchhikers, and so forth, many, no doubt concocted around campfires to evoke screams send shivers down the backs of wide-eyed campers and cub scouts. (Surely you've heard the legend of The Cemetery Hill Slasher? I thought as much!) So it's no wonder that many drivers would rather opt for the long way around rather than risk their own scary nighttime encounter on Cemetery Hill.

This evening, heading for home and a little late for supper, Dad has decided to take Cemetery Hill road. Why now, when it's well after sunset? Maybe it was paternal machismo... possibly emboldened by the bright moonlight and clear sky overhead. In retrospect, this may not have been a good idea. Though who could have anticipated that flat tire?

No doubt they'll soon have their own nighttime "Encounter on Cemetery Hill" story to tell.

If and when!

Premiere Limited Edition Print of Encounter On Cemetery Hill

This Premiere Limited Edition print image measures 17" high x 24" wide, on 22" x 28" archival Arches 100% cotton fiber print paper.

$149.00   including Priority Mail shipping in the US.

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LARGE FORMAT AND MEDIUM FORMAT PRINTS

Encounter On Cemetery Hill has been meticulously scanned from my original watercolor and digitally printed with fade-resistant inks on specially treated heavyweight watercolor paper. I personally inspect your print, sign it, slip it into its protective clear plastic envelope, and include with it a page of helpful framing hints from The Haunted Studio.
 

LARGE FORMAT PRINT (13" x 19")

The image measures 12" x 18" on 19" x 13" paper. Your finished, perfect print is carefully packaged for Priority mailing to you. $59.00, Priority Mail postage FREE in US. 

MEDIUM FORMAT PRINT (11" x 14")

The image measures 7.5" x 9.5", within a charcoal-over-white double mat, plus rigid foam-core backing, ready for any readily available 11" x 14" frame. $59.00, Priority Mail postage FREE in US. 

This original painting has been sold.

Encounter on Cemetery Hill  is also available in Small Format size
The image measures 4.5" x 6.5" within an 8" x 10" charcoal-over-white double mat, with rigid backing.
This size is ideal for framing in any standard 8" x 10" photo frame.
Small Format prints may be assorted for best prices: 1 print $29.00; 2 prints $49.00; 3 prints $69.00
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