A Winter's Tale - Celebration of the Season by George Rothacker

Updated for Winter 2022

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There are a few new entries on this site including "Sledding at the Willows" which will be on exhibit at the Wayne Art Center from...

Sledding at the Willows

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Sledding at the Willows - 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas (Click for a larger view.) For as long as we’ve lived in Radnor Township the...

Willows Mansion in Winter

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Willows Mansion in Winter - 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas (Click for a larger view.) "Willows Mansion in Winter" was pa...

Garrett Williamson Farm

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Garrett Williamson Farm - 12" x 16" acrylic on canvas (Click for a larger view.) The Garrett Williamson Farm located on Bishop...

Water Wheel in Winter

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Water Wheel in Winter -  18" x 24" acrylic on canvas (Click for a larger view.) The water wheel was on of a series of 16 paintings...

Log Cabin at Eastern University

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Water Wheel in Winter -  18" x 24" acrylic on canvas (Click for a larger view.) The Log Cabin at Eastern was picturesque, but unfo...

White on White

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White on White - acrylic on canvas - 12" x 16" (Click for a larger view) A bit further down the Bishop Hollow Road from the Ga...

Twilight at Eastern University

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"There was not much snow in early winter 2007, but I captured this building which houses security as well as other university departm...

Christmas on Grubbs Mill Road

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"This beautiful farm sits at the intersection of Goshen Road and Grubbs Mill Road in Willistown Township. In a township of 'Gentl...

Chamonix and St. Davids

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Almost a crossroads in Radnor, this intersection sits a block north of the rails. The houses on this side of the street face north, so the...

Beaumont at Dusk

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Arthur Wheeler, the man responsible for the building of Beaumont, and his wife Calle, requested a series of paintings of this model retire...

Cabrini Bank House

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"This bank house is the only building at Cabrini College still owned by the nuns. I painted it after a large snowfall in January. My ...

Snowfall on Radnor Chester Road

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I painted this after the large snowfall in January, 2005. The road was still snow covered, and the scene appears as the road may have look...

Conestoga & Radnor Chester Roads

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Conestoga Road intersects with Radnor Chester at this historic corner. Prior to the construction of the Blue Route (I-476), the corner was o...

Winter Wonderland

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For the past several years, my wife and I have gathered with family, friends and neighbors to transform the rear landscape of our home into ...

"Snow"mad

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Kip (George) Craven has owned this '57 Chevy Nomad wagon for more than 30 years. When I began to paint the car and truck series, I asked...

1940 Buick

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"It was the first snowfall of the 2006 season - early December - and I had just learned of Bruce MacKenzie's Buick 4-door Phaeton t...

Snowstorm

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Set back from the road near the intersection of Grubbs Mill Road near Whitehorse Road, this farm typifies the many properties in the area. C...

North Wayne Victorian

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North Wayne is one of the most beautiful residential districts in Pennsylvania. Deep lawns, front porches and ornate trim have been preser...

Snowfall in North Wayne

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"Not much snow that winter, but one evening during a lighter snow I got lucky and found this Christmas House before night settled in....

Day after the Snowfall

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"Much of North Wayne was built in the later part of the 19th century, or early 20th century. Except for the yellow lines in the road an...

Wayne in Winter

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"Reflections always enhance a painting. And snow, wet roads, and street lights at dusk evoke memories of youth. Wayne Presbyterian Chur...

'41 La Salle

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" My friend, Paul, discovered this sad La Salle on West Chester Pike in Broomall. Prior to our February snowfall, I sought it out, an...

A Winter's Tale

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"My daughter, Abigail, found this wonderful farm on a snowy afternoon in early 2009. The brightness and clarity of the day, the rich sh...

Frozen Over

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During summer, many of the homes and farms of Willistown are hidden by foliage. During the winter months the landscapes unfold showing the b...

Willistown Winter

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Through the Willistown Conservation Trust, open land, rural character, scenic, historic and ecologically significant resources of the area a...

Crum Creek, Willistown

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Crum Creek, which means “crooked creek” in Dutch flows 24 miles from the Schuylkill/Delaware drainage ridgeline through Chester and Delaware...

The Christmas House

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Oak Lane intersects Eagle Road and Beechtree Lane in North Wayne. The original model of this house was the "Gabled Inn" and sold f...

Gulph Creek - View from the Bridge at Eastern University

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Gulph Creek wanders through the Eastern University property. This view is from the bridge that spans the creek as one enters from the main...
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George H. Rothacker
George Rothacker is a celebrated artist, filmmaker and designer who shares a long history with the Jimmy Stewart Museum, In 2002, he painted “First Snowfall,” a canvas and print edition featuring “It’s a Wonderful Life” on the marquee of the Indiana Theater. Over the years, his collaboration with the Museum has produced, among other things, the biographic documentary of Stewart: “Always Remember – Be Nice to People.” George and his wife, Barbara, live in Villanova, Pennsylvania and are parents to four children and grandparents to eight. George’s daughter, Noelle, graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2002, and now lives with her family in the community of Penn Run, a short drive from the Stewart Museum.
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