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The Main Street - Montezuma Georgia Art Print
by Mark E Tisdale
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The Main Street - Montezuma Georgia art print by Mark E Tisdale. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Montezuma's main street is not unlike many other small towns. The great bulk of it was built around the turn of the last century. By the time I was... more
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Montezuma's main street is not unlike many other small towns. The great bulk of it was built around the turn of the last century. By the time I was growing up here, this end of South Dooly had been modernized in the mid-century fashion of putting up false aluminum store fronts. The height of fashion that by then looked a little tired.
The flood of 1994 would change all that. It wasn't the first flood in Montezuma's history but it was the first to top the levee built in the 1930's and things have never been quite the same. On the positive side, the community leaders set out to document the history of the town and managed to get placement on the National Register of Historic Places. After that placement, the owners of these old main street buildings qualified for grants to restore much of downtown to its turn of the century charm.
Our downtown has never been quite as busy since that flood, but twenty years on, there's still a quaint sense of Americana and the everyday...
About Mark E Tisdale
Life is full of happy surprises. After just over a decade working in the 9 to 5 cube world, I threw caution to the wind to follow my dreams of being a full time visual artist. That was five years ago! Is it easy? No, but something truly worthwhile is rarely simple. My body of work is wide ranging from photographic scenes of far away places, more near and dear locations, and more fanciful artwork. It's all crafted with a heartfelt love for finding the beauty in little captured moments. My artwork also hangs on walls near and far from private homes to businesses who have chosen to decorate with my art. Whether you've purchased one piece or a house full or you simply admire and share with your friends, your patronage of my art is...
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