"Painted in 1923. This painting, (size uncertain) like the above I made soon after Redgate. burned and sold to Mrs. Charles E. Ulrick, 1808 Columbia Terrace, Peoria, Illinois. Now probably in possession of her daughter Lena Ulrick Belsley (Mrs. Ray Belsley) of Peoria, Il.
"There is rare beauty in the canvas called Evening Stream. The clear broad stream runs silently through deep quiet woods, which seem endless. Enchantment lurks in the dark fathomless pool in the foreground, while the forest of gaunt oaks holds promise of unknown delights."
"'Evening Stream,' an eerie wood interior in which a black pool reflects the red light from an unseen neighboring window..."
"There is sentiment--meditation---in Evening Stream."
⮝ It is the review above (clipping to the upper right) by the Boston Globe's A.J. Philpott that confirms this painting exhibited at the 1926 Lyman Show. The third review, also by Philpott, establishes it hung at the Myles Standish Gallery in 1929. In between, the review from the Springfield Daily Republican confirms it hung at J.H. Miller in '28. Then there is a three year gap before our records show another painting named Evening Stream hung at the Deerfield Inn for three years, then Myles again in 1937, etc. For years there was no confusion because Woodward listed the two similar Evening Stream paintings as #1 and #2. When another Evening Stream of a completely different subject showed up in our email inbox along with a picture of its name written in Woodward's hand on its stretcher there was some confusion.
⮝ We believe the other newly discovered Evening Steam was made before the painting of this page (Evening Stream #2) from its brush style and texture alone. Moreso, when you place it next to a painting with a confirmed year of 1921. It becomes even more obvious that Evening Stream #1 is clearly from a different time period prior to the 1922 Redgate. fire, such we re-numbered them accordingly.