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Red Oak II
Sometime around 1974, world famous folk artist Lowell Davis, the "Grandfather of Rural art", and wife Charlotte, bought a corn patch just outside of historic Carthage, Missouri, and close to the famous "Mother "Road", Route 66.  With childhood memories of the original Red Oak, Missouri, where Lowell had  lived as a child, he came home to find it a ghost town. It was decided to purchase the last remaining buildings at Red Oak, and move them to their new home.  Their corn patch became "Red Oak II, Missoura". 

See not only Lowell's depiction of what rural Missouri life looked like in an era past, but take a gander at the remaining section of a pre-Civil War mansion, a rare, two story log cabin with spiral staircase, the "Missoura Kid", the Dalton Gang house, the "Mother-in-Law" house, the "Womanizer" and much more.

To see Lowell's own webpage, go to
http://lowelldavis-artist.com
For another look at Red Oak II, go to: www.redoakii.com
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Oh the stories this thing could tell!  Lowell drove it to art shows in almost every state.  "The Leapin' Lizard"  he called it.  Little wood stove, bed, writing desk, it was cool.  I painted it for him except he put on the "Red Oak" and the state of Missouri to the right.
"The Crap Duster", one of Lowell's favorites.  He created this one out of a manure spreader in 1997.  Thus it's name.   It's home is in front of the "Flying W" convenience store on Hwy. 96 (old 66) just east of Carthage.
"A poor man has poor ways" is the name of this sculpture.  The farmer was so poor, he had to cut the back end out of his car, so he could haul his produce to town.
Another example of Lowell's metal sculptures.
"The Missouri Kid"  He showed me some places on it he wanted painted one day.  Then he said "And paint in such a way that when you get done, it looks like it needs to be painted."  It took me a while, but I finally figured out what he meant.  It was SUPPOSED to look old.  He told me once that as far as my painting abililty, I was "too good".  Now I know what he meant by that too.  Old buildings aren't suppose to have perfect paint jobs.  It's not what you would usually see.
Occasionally, various car clubs would come to Red Oak II to get their pictures taken in front of this old Phillips 66 station, originally from Avilla, Missouri, on Route 66..  (I painted it)  This particular time it was a Corvette club.  The building has neon lights all the way around it, and is pretty at night, and just gorgeous around Christmas time, with a little snow on the ground.
Named after well known Marshall Ralph Hooker.  This cabin was found in Jay, Oklahoma, and is one of the buildings I stayed in during my stint at Red Oak II.  It was cute, with fireplace and upper loft, but cold as ......         I had a lot of fun telling people what building I was staying in.  "Just look for the "Hooker Cabin" I would say. "It's the one with the red light".   Boy did I get some looks.
Marshall's Office  (Ralph Hooker)
The PT Cruiser just happened to be driving by at the time.
         Plumber's Nightmare
     Cackleberry Park         Music Fountain
The "Geranium House" is a pre-Civil War house that was originally a mansion.  Surviving the burning of Carthage, the mansion was divided into sections, with the Geranium house being the last surviving section.
        Fox Fire barn
       ALL kinds of trees!
        Wheel Gate
        All kinds of birds!          Clock
Tractor & Goat
The white house in the background is famous female outlaw Belle Starre's birthplace.  To the right is "The Birdsong"
Grim Reaper
Walk the sidewalk and see what you can recognize.
SparrowsVille
It was a bit of a job when we had to take each one of these down to repaint.
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