ARTIST WINS ACCOLADES WITH HISTORIC ARTWORK.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Artist Dawn Pierson Guild's love of historical houses comes through in her rendering of the Martin House in Littlerock, a 104-year-old structure considered a historic treasure. In her color pencil and ink rendering of the 3,000-square-foot, two-story stone and redwood house, Guild said she strived to depict it as it might have looked at the turn of the century, leaving out a trumpet vine creeping across its walls. ``I didn't want to lose the architectural vision of the porch and the rocks and shingles shingles: see herpes zoster. shingles or herpes zoster Acute viral skin and nerve infection. Groups of small blisters appear along certain nerve segments, most often on the back, sometimes after a dull ache at the site; pain becomes ,'' said Guild, 64, of Littlerock. ``I was striving for just a feeling of the nice historic value of the house in Littlerock. It's kind of touting Littlerock a little bit.'' Guild's artwork, ``Martin House,'' was the grand prize winner this year in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital Gift Foundation calendar art contest. Guild has an ``uncanny way'' of capturing the history and elegance of the Martin House, the calendar description noted. Guild said she works from photographs she takes of her subjects. She has drawn the Jacobs Mercantile Building in Mojave, which was featured in 1997's hospital calendar, the original Palmdale schoolhouse in McAdam Park, and the old Western Hotel in Lancaster. ``I love historical houses. I just always loved old Victorian houses Overview A Victorian house as built in the United States and Canada is a type of house popularized in the Victorian era. They are often three stories high with an octagonal or rounded tower, a wraparound porch and great attention paid to detail. ,'' Guild said. Drawing in colored pencil and ink is a ``tedious medium,'' Guild said. The Martin House picture took her more than 300 hours to complete. Guild, who has garnered awards at art shows, gives private art lessons to adults and children in her home. Guild and her husband, Bill, have lived in Littlerock for nearly four years. They moved to the Antelope Valley from Orange County after her husband, who is a Boeing engineer, transferred here. They have four children, nine grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. and one great grandchild Noun 1. great grandchild - a child of your grandson or granddaughter grandchild - a child of your son or daughter great granddaughter - a daughter of your grandson or granddaughter great grandson - a son of your grandson or granddaughter . Guild said she has been an artist all of her life but didn't get serious about it until about seven or eight years ago. She was born in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , where her father was a bridge builder Bridge Builder is a series of computer games developed and published by Chronic Logic. Bridge Builder is the first in the series, followed by Pontifex, Pontifex 2 (later renamed to Bridge Construction Set[1]), and Bridge It. and her mother was a homemaker. ``I've always had a pencil in my hand, from age 4,'' Guild said. ``My mother and grandmother were artists, too.'' The Martin House, located on 77th Street East just north of Pearblossom Highway, was once part of the 5,000 acres of orchards that stretched from Littlerock to Palmdale in the days when agriculture was the principal industry. Parts of the home's history are a mystery. A plaque mounted in a 5-foot-tall stone monument erected in front of the home boasts that from the 1870s to 1900s it was a stop for the Butterfield-Havilah stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. . But the information on the plaque is suspect because there were no records of the stagecoach line coming into Littlerock. The house may have been used as a headquarters for the orchard and a guesthouse guest·house n. 1. A small house or cottage adjacent to a main house, used for lodging guests. 2. A bed-and-breakfast. for prospective real estate buyers visiting the area. It is known that the house was once owned by Antelope Valley pioneer Amasa Martin and that it stayed in the Martin family for several years. Although the home has had a series of owners, it is still called the Martin House. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Dawn Pierson Guild holds her grand prize winner in this year's Antelope Valley Hospital Gift Foundation calendar art contest. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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