Top Photo: Richard B. Brough, The Carol Ann, n.d., watercolor on paper, 14.5 x 20″ | RBB-2022.AW.0001
By Mark Andrew Harris
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I am pleased to announce the addition of a ninth painting by Dixie Art Colony artist Richard Burrell Brough to the DAC Foundation Collection. This watercolor painting depicting a scene from Alabama’s Gulf Coast was recently purchased by the DAC Foundation using memorial funds donated in memory of my late mother, Amanda Ellen Turner Harris Williams. Thank you so much to those that contributed to this purchase. Your generous donations far exceeded expectations.
Interestingly one of the boats in this painting is named after Brough’s daughter Carol Ann. According to her, this painting was painted during one of many vacations the Brough family spent at the Gulf of Mexico. The scene is of Alabama’s Bon Secour River at the historic Meme’s Restaurant.
Based on its subject matter and radiant color pallet, this painting seemed like an appropriate selection. The northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico was one of my mother’s favorite destinations. I have many fond memories of my time spent at the Gulf with my family while growing up. From the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, the northern Gulf Coast was almost like a second home.
The Harris family owned and operated The Wetumpka Herald for more than 48 years. My mother Ellen assumed the role of publisher in 1979 after the death of my father John P. Harris, Sr. She continued in that role until her retirement in 2009.
