I’ve always loved art that was able to get the community surrounding it involved and thinking in new and creative ways. I really don’t think art is something separate from our daily lives, I think that it is as intertwined…
I found this manhole cover in the middle of the sidewalk on the corner of Smithfield and Fourth Street where the giant stone lions stood steadfast at the entrance of the old Dollar Savings Bank Building. Built in 1870, the…
My name is Mollie and I am the daughter of Dwight Pritchett, the artist and blog author of Art by Dwight. I have had the privilege to do some traveling and ended up collecting a few manhole stories of my…
My daughter, Mollie Pritchett, while living in Florence, Italy, decided to try rendering a manhole art. Her boyfriend, Alessandro Nepi, who lives in Florence, documented the show. As you can see in the photos below there was quite a crowd…
For an artist who relies on a round hunk of metal in the middle of the street, Pittsburgh in February is not the most accommodating. So into the basement I retreat to refine the canvases that I started in warmer…
I recently entered my “Pancakes at 6am” manhole art in the Mid-Winter Hues show at the North Hills Art Center and was given an honorable mention for the piece. I really enjoyed all the attention it generated and all the…
I started working on this manhole art in 2011 and am just now finishing it. After researching the names (Nicholson & Payne, Eagle Foundry) I discovered that it was manufactured in 1850 and was part of the second foundry established…
I’m at the beginning of my journey and I sold my first two pieces. They were the first two that I had created. How cool is that! The show was at The Free Library in Indiana, Pa. I was set…
First I need to thank my talented daughter Mollie Pritchett, freelance photographer and web designer in between Pittsburgh PA and Florence Italy, for helping me with this project. See her portfolio here Mollie Pritchett Photography & Design This is a…
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