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The original Studio of the Lost and Beautiful
Past seen in the three smaller photographs at
the left, was located in historic Loudoun
House, headquarters of the Lexington Art
League in Lexington,Kentucky. Loudoun was
constructed in 1852 for Francis Key Hunt. The
architect was A.J.Davis, the same architect
who did the house Lyndhurst which was
featured in the two Dark Shadows motion
pictures. The earliest studio was in the tower.
My second studio was in one of the large 2nd
floor bedchambers. You can see it in the
daylight view of the back of the house, the
room with the triple moulded windows.
In so many ways for eight years, my studio at
Loudoun was far more my home than my
actual residence. Inevitably, there comes in
the life cycle of an organisation a point where
it loses sight of its original purpose and in the
process alienates those who had been most
devoted to its ideals and it becomes time to
move on. Additionally, what you do to my
friends and to colleagues that I respect you
also do to me, and therefore lose my once
ardent support.
While I sometimes still miss my studio in that
haunted old Gothic villa, it can be seen in the
three larger pictures at the right that my new
studio is also thoroughly steeped in the glories
of the past. I now own my studio in an early
1900's house with the good light and the high
ceilings I once enjoyed at Loudoun.
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