[IMAGE]: A pencil drawn sketch of a barn with two silos prominently featured

...It paintable to a certain extent; not in the 'season' there, in the winter when everything is fresh, but in the summer when everything is dried and the colors become beautiful... But I cannot paint in California all year 'round, while here in the Shelburne area there is fresh inspiration each month. I can't tell you how strongly I feel about the hills. I have lived there so much and have grown to love them so that it seems as though I had almost become part of them. They had so much to say to me that I want to express it for the world..."

Despite his injury Woodward was able to drive his favorite horse, Thomas a Kempis, along the country roads in the area. Occasionally when he went along there were mishaps but fortunately he was never hurt. With Fabian Stone he can be lifted from his buggy into his wheelchair, and he would start to paint. He never referred to his injury and did not want anyone to pity him. Because of this he rarely appeared at the numerous art galleries which displayed his pictures, and perhaps it is one of the reasons that his works never became more fully known outside of New England. He also disliked to permit photographs of himself, preferring not to have people know of his disability. To the best of our knowledge, Mr. F. Earl Williams, a close friend, was the only person who photographed him at his easel. Pictures sent to newspapers always showed him sitting straight and dignified, perhaps next to one or two of his paintings.

In his later years Woodward will continue his ram-...