#509 Little Bear Tree Farm #509
by William Lum
Title
#509 Little Bear Tree Farm #509
Artist
William Lum
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
This is my watercolor painting of the waterwheel at Little Bear Tree Farm in Alta, California. This view of the waterwheel on the Little Bear Creek, is what you see upon your arrival at the parking lot. The tree farm has 50 acres of Silver Tip (Red Fir) and White Fir along with a choice selection of pre-cut Noble and Nordmamn fir for Christmas trees and is open to the public Thursdays to Sunday from November 22nd to December 23rd. The Tree Farm came into existence after wildfires swept the area in 1952-1953 and it was replanted with Christmas tree seedlings. They have vintage Willy Jeeps to take you up the dirt roads for your tree picking and fresh baked cookies are available in the gift shop. Along the way you might see the mini-donkeys and Highland cattle.
This functional overshot vertical waterwheel is used to produce electricity. The water wheel is an ancient device that uses flowing or falling water to create power by means of paddles mounted around a wheel and the consequent rotation of the wheel is transmitted to machinery via the shaft of the wheel. The first reference to a water wheel dates back to around 4000 BCE. Vitruvius, an engineer who died in 14 CE, has been credited with creating and using a vertical water wheel during Roman times. The wheels were used for crop irrigation and grinding grains, as well as to supply drinking water to villages. In later years, they drove sawmills, pumps, forge bellows, tilt-hammers, and trip hammers, and even powered textile mills. The water wheel was likely the first method of mechanical energy developed to replace the work of humans and animals.
This 15” X 22” watercolor was done on Arches, 140 lb, rough paper.
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October 2nd, 2020
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