Plaistow Town Hall

Plaistow, NH or you might as well call it my second hometown! I spent so many years of my life traveling back and forth to Plaistow for every reason under the sun. Whether I was going there to shop, eat, or visit my grandmother, Plaistow was always the place to go! I even took my art lessons there!

One day I was at one of my art lessons when my grandmother caught word that the town was looking for someone to paint them a picture of their historic town hall. So naturally my grandmother came to me and asked if I would be interested. Since my grandmother had lived and worked in the town all her life, she had a lot of friends and had connections with the town board and gave them my name.

Obviously I agreed to painting the picture for them, so I got right to work on it and spent maybe a month or two. I knew this was a special project and since I was so connected to Plaistow already I knew I wanted to make this just as special for them. Once I finished the painting I figured why don’t I make it a surprise and just donate it to them? So my grandmother got together with one of the guys she knew and we set up a special showing of the painting at the town library! That way the other members of the board and chair could be surprised with my painting! We set up at the library one Saturday during the beginning of summer to kick of the sunny season with something they would really enjoy! Of course lots of people had caught word of my painting showing and the turnout ended up being full of the town’s community!

The board saw my painting and absolutely LOVED it! Even though I was giving it to the town as a gift they still awarded me for my hard work and even had me join in on one of their evening town channel talks. So much they displayed it on the wall in the lobby of the Town Hall itself so that the board and people in the community could all enjoy it! It still hangs up in that same spot to this day! If you are ever in the area and would like to see my painting in person, stop by the town hall!