Since I'm not able to "do" much painting.
Reading Extracting Appalachia by Geoffrey Buckley. It's a reading of photographs taken by the Consolidation Coal Company between 1910-1945.
Looking forward to exploring the imagery in paint
My Grandaddy worked for them. I guess he would have been there in the 60s and 70s. He may be coming to Mom's for a visit and I hope to get to ask him about it.