“Having walked every foot of this street a thousand times, and having known every store front and owner, it was quite natural for me to want to put the old street on canvas. I went to Falls City the summer of 1946, and made a lot of sketches and photos of the street from all angles, tops of buildings, out of windows, etc. I then came back to my then Bucks Country, PA, studio, worked out my viewpoint, and set the mood as a Christmas scene. From then on the picture painted itself as my imagination went to work and I painted both sides of the street and then some! To indicate my dad’s store (lower left), I used his brother’s middle name (Weber) on the sign.”
