"This commissioned painting was a painting that had its beginnings about a year ago. I did a commission in 2006 and my client asked me to paint this beautifully restored mill that is located in Baldwinsville, New York. It is about two hours from me so I drove up twice to get photographs to work from. The mill was built in the mid 1800s and then was eventually abandoned. It sits on an island in between the Seneca River and the Erie Canal. When you are on the island it doesn't feel like one but aerial shots clearly show it is.

The mill was stripped down to the bare beams and very carefully restored. Each of the thirty-two rooms have lacquered barn beams in them. No expense was spared in creating this magnificent inn which is called The Red Mill Inn.

In doing the commission I fixed the crumbling seawall. I also left out the many buildings which are behind the property on the mainland and excluded power lines, telephone poles and brightly painted fences on the sides of the canal. I also was able to plant three extra saplings on the side lawn which at present does not exist there. It is all open gravel and fill.

It is a magnificent structure. The PT Cruiser was painted in to give a sense of the size of the building. It is enormous."

Daniel K. Tennant
May 28, 2007

Check out The Red Mill Inn official link at http://www.theredmillinn.com for more information. Gicleé prints of this painting are available at The Red Mill Inn.