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Herb Marlowe
Posted 06.27.06 at 9:04 AMHey, everybody. I read an interesting article on the art of porch sitting by Patti Sells in the June 10/11, 2006, edition of the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram. She features a group of old friends who for the past six years have gathered on the front porch of Jay and Barbara Brown’s two-story home for coffee and conversation.
“A great way to start the day,” according to Pat Bell, Barbara’s sister. They even begin with a prayer and honor prayer requests. Pat says they don’t dwell on the negative or “delve into” politics or world news. A colorful picture of their sign, “Grand Central Station,” accompanies this cheerful seasonal piece.
I recommend porch sittin’ but rarely make the acquaintance of anyone with a good porch nowadays. I grew up at 845 Graham Street, which was a huge old house with a wide porch across the front and east side. My brother still tells about my first adventure on my new tricycle. I rode it full tilt off the west end of that high porch and tumbled into the bushes.
Porch sittin’ is cool (but not in the physical sense) at our family homecomings in July. Some of my older relatives maintain a good porch.
If you want to see the Herb Marlowe paintings of historical Paris homes with real cool porches - most of them gone now - they now hang in the McLemore Student Center at Paris Junior College.
Did any of you know Herb Marlowe, the prolific painter of Paris historical scenes? If you did, please post your special memories of him and share them with all of us who are now enjoying his paintings, but missed knowing him.
Also, does anyone have a Herb Marlowe painting? I’d like to know which paintings are missing from the Archives’ collection. Did he ever paint one of Paris Junior College? Let us come and photograph these paintings so the archives will have a complete record of them.
Memories of Herb: let’s hear from you. Many Parisians knew him. He left a colorful legacy of paintings of historical Paris for us to enjoy.
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I also read the article on porch sitting in the Sulphur Springs paper. Porch sitting is an art — it takes a particular chair or swing, and a special attitude. My grandfather had both, and he could tell the best stories while sitting on the porch. Wish we had more front porches on houses; life would be much less complicated.