Shopper Stories: Taylor Rains
A Familiar Painting

“Some 50 years ago, my grandparents – immigrants two times over – had finally made their way enough in this new country of theirs to purchase the furnishings that they’d always wanted for their home. Beautifully-ornate, Spanish mission carved wood pieces that would serve as ramps for my hot wheels years later. Among the new pieces was a painting of a flamenco dancer by Juan Giralt Lerin. Something about it always captivated me.
Fast forward to today. Both of my grandparents are no longer here, but I like to think they’re together somewhere. That beautiful Spanish furniture was too large and ill-fitting for my home in Charleston, but the painting has traveled with me. From my first home to this one."

EBTH Columbus - Hilliard
Frank W. Van Holte Watercolor Painting "Rock Spring," 1972

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Yasuo Kuniyoshi Ink and Wash Figure Study, Mid-20th Century

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Ink and Gouache Painting Attributed to Emiliano Di Cavalcanti,1965

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
George H. Flavelle Forest Landscape Watercolor Painting

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Leonard Maurer Abstract Ink and Watercolor Painting, 1960

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Portrait Watercolor Painting on Resin

EBTH Columbus - Hilliard
Frank Van Holte Watercolor Painting "Early Snow," 1972

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Chinese Gouache Painting of Women in Garden

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Leonard Maurer Abstract Ink and Watercolor Painting, 1967

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Stevan Dohanos Nautical Gouache and Ink Sketch

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Elizabeth "Beth" Hertz Abstract Synchromy Watercolor Painting, 1980

EBTH Columbus - Hilliard
Watercolor Painting, Serigraph, Hand-Colored Lithograph and Photograph

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Chinese Jinshan-Style Folk Art Gouache Painting, Late 20th Century

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Chinese Gouache Painting of Two Women

EBTH Columbus - Hilliard
Still Life Watercolor Painting of Roses

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Albert Wein Abstract Gouache Painting, 1960

EBTH Columbus - Hilliard
Emerson Burkhart Watercolor Painting Study of Figures, 1930

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Raymond Zaplatar Watercolor Painting of The Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1978

EBTH Columbus - Hilliard
Freda Reiter, Joe Suroviec, Other Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings of Landscapes

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Paul Chidlaw Abstract Watercolor and Pastel Drawing

EBTH Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Carl Zimmerman Watercolor Painting of Tree

“Several weeks ago, I was perusing an art auction and something caught my eye. A similar brush stroke. Something familiar. I took a closer look. It was this painting here of an unknown Spanish couple by – according to the listing – an unknown Spanish artist. The signature read Giralt Lerin. I cried.
Now, the painting is here in my new home, one that I’m finally able to furnish how I’ve always wanted; with a painting of a flamenco dancer that has always captivated me, and a painting of a Spanish couple that found me."