House Portraits | Eileen Howe Covington

• Kingston Avenue

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". Purchased by a Realtor to give to the owners who were moving out and were sad to leave their lovely home and lifestyle Dilworth is an historic neighborhood that went downhill in the 1960's a…

• Realtor closing gift

  Watercolor, Paper, 8” x 10”. I do a lot of house portraits for Realtors to give as closing gifts. This was a brand new house. The owners will be able to look back years from now and see how their house has changed from…

• South Charlotte of the 1990's

  Watercolor, Paper, 8" x 10". Another commission painting. This Realtor gives all her clients a painting of the home she helped them buy or sell. Often a client will have lived in the home for many years, raised their ki…

• 1960's Charlotte

  Watercolor, Paper, 8 " x 10". Charlotte experienced a huge building boom and economic growth in the 1960's and thousands of homes just like this one popped up all over town. With so many changes of the last decade Charl…

• Matthews homestead of the 1980's

  Watercolor, Paper, 8" x 10". Matthews was a sleepy little village on the edge of county until urban sprawl from Charlotte changed everything...for better or worse, it is hard to say. Many locals grew up in that low tax…

• Southpark Charlotte

  Watercolor, Paper, 8" x 10". In the 1960's people started moving to the "burbs" in droves and Southpark became the Mecca for out but not too far. Now it is surrounded by shopping, roads, growth all over, but these older…

• Small is mighty

  Watercolor, Paper, 8" x 10". All of my commissions come matted in an acetate sleeve but most buyers who are giving these paintings as closing gifts want them framed. They "show" better that way. The client can have them…

• Childhood Home No More

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". I did this painting for the Realtor who was selling the house to give to the two sisters who grew up there. I did two paintings and tried my best to make them as much the same as possible. M…

• Lansdowne ( matted not framed)

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". Most of my clients want their paintings frames which I do for an additional $25. They are basic frames that will go with any decor but I do try to match them to the subject as best I can. If…

• Hate To Leave Our Beautiful Home

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". Most of my clients want their paintings frames which I do for an additional $25. They are basic frames that will go with any decor but I do try to match them to the subject as best I can.

• Suburban Country Living

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12"

• Too Soon Old...Soon Gone

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". This little cottage sits dead in the middle of a fast gentrifying neighborhood just south of the central business district. Pop tops and Tear Downs are all around it. Soon it will be a tear…

• Quintessential Charlotte of the 1960's

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". This home is the typical Charlotte suburban home of the 1960's. Thousands of them were built in the outlying suburbs the city grew up around. Now these "in close" walkable neighborhoods are…

• A Country Dream Come True

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". This home was the dream of the new owners who lived in a subdivision and longed for the privacy, quiet and charm of the country. A dream come true.

• Carmel Lakes

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". The owner of this home did not want the shadows to be seen in this painting. Although I did downplay them, in art as in life, things do not take shape until the shadows go in.

• Old Home Place

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". The lady who built this home in the 1950's lied there until she passed away . He son moved in and raised his family there and now it is going to a new owner...a first time owner...who will b…

• All The Kids Are Gone

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". All the kids are gone and the long time residents were rattling around in this big ol' house. Filled with much love with lots of memories they can take it all with them as they leave for the…

• Ardennes

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12"

• Trophy House

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". The single lady who owned this lovely home worked hard all her life and was proud of achieving her dream home. Sadly she had to leave it but decided to take it with her on her next adventure

• Meadow Bottom

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12"

• Old Charlotte

  Watercolor, Paper, 11" x 22"

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• The Home That Grandma Built

  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". The owner of this home inherited it from his grandmother who herself lived there many years. He sold the place to buy a new home for his new bride and so he keeps the memory alive...with gra…

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  Watercolor, Paper, 9" x 12". Th owner of this home has many happy memories over 17 years until her husband died and she could not longer stay in the house...too many memories, too many ghosts. She can now take those goo…

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