Artist donates works to ADMA

John Moser donated this painting to the Austin Dam Memorial Associatino. He is pictured here with ADMA President Tracie Gordnier (standing) and Vice President Susanne Boucher. Rhonda McInaw, Ron Ebbert, Peg and Punk Rotello were also on hand to accept the art work and thank its painter.

A Potter County artist with an appreciation of history has donated one of his works to the Austin Dam Memorial Assn.

The colorful painting of the ruins of the Bayless Dam is on display in the ADMA room at the E. O. Austin Home Historical Museum in downtown Austin.

John Moser of Galeton worked on the painting during 2006, after he visited the Austin Dam Memorial Park and was struck by the presence of a massive relic with historic significance in such a tranquil setting.

Moser also found artistic beauty in the reflection of the dam's columns on the surface of a pool in Freeman Run, south of the ruins.

"My goal was to bring the setting to life with the effective use of colors," Moser explained.

He specializes in subjects with historic significance and has painted several sites in Tioga County, including the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon and the "Winken, Blinken and Nod" sculpture in Wellsboro.

Prints of Moser's works, including the Bayless Dam painting, are on sale at the Painted Cupboard in Wellsboro.