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Rattle and Snap Plantation
The Artist in Residence is Howard Massey
P. O. Box 611, Columbia, Tennessee 38402
Phone: 931-215-3209
Birds, Waterfowl, Wildlife
Civil War
Historical & Medieval
Commissioned Art
See our specials on prints now available!
How to obtain your prints and watercolor
originals.
Signed and numbered prints as well as limited editions are available for many of the
paintings shown in the galleries on these pages. And, new but similar theme watercolors
are in continuous supply. View our current price guide or please call or write for availability and prices.
Order an commissioned art work by Howard Massey!
A commission of original art is based on a series of pictures and a
paragraph describing the subject matter, which conveys the feeling and emotions that will
be portrayed in the art. This is necessarily enables the artist to skillfully achieve
"that special feeling" incorporated in the artwork. This description together
with conversations with the artist is essential to achieve successful results. Additional
research may be required as well.
The cost of an original artwork will vary according to the size, complexity and hours
required to successfully accomplish the original art. Normally prices are very
competitive. The artist requires one half of the price upon starting the work and the
remaining upon delivery of the work. An original watercolor by Howard Massey will enhance
any home, office, or workplace.
Why a commissioned original watercolor artwork?
First, to keep a precious memory alive, memorialize a loved one, a pet, a special
place, or a special home. An original watercolor is a lasting, fitting tribute to a
person, place or thing.
To ingratiate your home. First impressions need to be spectacular. You can enliven your
living room, den, or bedroom with an original artwork that matches your décor, feeling
and spirit.
For the sports enthusiast, remember that early morning in that special duck blind or the
old cornfield with your favorite dog by your side. Walking off number 18 at your golf
course after the birdie that won the day. All of these feelings can be captured and
preserved permanently with an original watercolor by Howard Massey.
Look at the life of Howard Massey and his Studio.
Watercolorist Howard Massey of Huntsville, Alabama was selected by Alabama Ducks Unlimited as Artist of the Year for 1988. Prints of his award-winning painting of Canada geese, "Longing for James Bay," are sold to benefit the conservation efforts of Ducks Unlimited. The original work is in the personal collection of wildlife art enthusiast and patron, Colonel Dale Stevens, U.S. Army (Retired) of Huntsville. While the edition is currently sold out, additional prints will be available for purchase by the general public in July 2001.
Massey, a native of Columbia, Tennessee, has exhibited his work in various expositions and one-man shows in Arkansas, Tennessee, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Washington, D.C. His wildfowl paintings are included in the private collections of numerous individuals in the Southeast, including Amon Carter Evans, owner of Rattle and Snap Farms, Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. His portrait of V. J. Skutt, Chairman of the Board of Mutual of Omaha, hangs in the company's museum in Omaha, Nebraska. He has exhibited at wildlife art shows through the South, including the Southeastern Wildfowl Exposition in Decatur, Alabama.
Massey's natural talent for art and his love for wildfowl became enmessed in 1979-80 when he was a frequent visitor to Assateague Island National Wildlife Refuge, which teams with abundant wildfowl in lush settings. He combined the formal art training he had received under Professor Phares Rabon at Oauchita University and watercolor instruction under the expert guidance of renown teacher Mitsue Ellis of Bel Air, Maryland.
Massey, a former Green Beret with two combat tours in Vietnam, retired from the Signal Corps, U.S. Army in 1984 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was a communications engineer with COLSA, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, until The Carriage Studios became his full time passion in 1995. He has four children who also have talent and interest in various fields of art.
The Gloves
Howard Massey, then an Army Captain and Green Beret, rescued Capt.
Kenneth D. Krehbiel, USAF, from his burning plane in 1967 in Viet Nam. In
April 2000, he carried the gray leather gloves to present
them to Capt. Krehbiel's daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Krehbiel Butisnow, at the Viet Nam War
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
By Sartori Associates, updated February 2004