salem days painting

alright so this year salem days is doing a painting contest for there annual salem calender.
they wanted a picture of salem. i was excited yet not so much cause that meant i had to do
some portrait/realism painting and i don't like to. lets admit it i am not very good at that style
of painting. if i could draw it fine but paint grr!!! so i took up the challenge i decided to do
something old and new.
a road sign. not just any road sign salem canal road, road sign becuase it is a newer sign
but an old road. so i started and was doing ok. but then just didn't like the way it looked so
i thought i would make it look like a painting and not realy. i made the letters and everything
else look hand painted on. a little old with the new.