These are some of the John R Peterson family paintings by ETP. Thank you to Janette Peterson Toolson for all of your effort in photographing and putting these together.
THE GREGG and JANETTE PETERSON TOOLSON COLLECTION
San Diego Coast
Utah meadow in the Fall, Utah County.
Pacific Coast at Monterey, CA.
Copy of Monet's "The Artist's House at Argenteuil" painted at the request of Janette Peterson Toolson.
La Jolla Cove along the Pacific Coast at La Jolla.
Provo River near the mouth of Provo Canyon - Pastel
THE FOLLOWING PAINTINGS - OWNED BY JOHN and MARCIA PETERSON
Cinque Terra off the Mediterranean Coast of Italy. This is from a photograph taken by John during a trip to Italy in 2004. Evan loved it and started the painting but did not finish it. A neighbor and dear friend of Evan and Gail said he would finish it, which he did.
Water Color of a cartoon found in the New Yorker, given to John for his birthday by Evan Tye. The caption "Save the Unicorns" - Evan said this is the story of his life, trying to save lost causes. John doubts that.
Field of hay in Iron County, UT.
Cabin that used to be attributed to being the home of Butch Cassidy, Central Utah.
Pastel # 1 done on the same trip as Pastel #2 - Central Utah - location unknown.
Pastel #2 Evan Tye painted this for John during a quick visit to central Utah one summer. It took him less than an hour to paint, John was amazed. Location unknown.
The Tetons. This painting hung in Juna Tye's home and after her death was given to Marcia and John by Evan Tye.
Quaking Aspen. Painting done of either the north side of Mt Timpanogas or the Alpine drive in central Utah.
Lake in Utah desert.
Juna Tye Peterson mopping the kitchen floor at 342 W Vernon. This is a typical view of our mother. You can see hanging down from her left shoulder her garments, not an unusual sight. The bucket is the old one we used for everything. Juna thought the only way to mop a floor properly was to get down on your hands and knees. Through the door is our old dining room with the old gold drapes. The painting in the background is one of Evan Tye's of Superstition Mountain. Through the window you can see the home across the street of Marie David, an immigrant woman who was adopted by Juna Tye.
Uncle Bob added, "The neighbor's name was Marie Davis and she was from Czechoslovakia. She had a pretty heavy accent."
342 W Vernon, Phoenix, AZ. Home where Harold and Juna Peterson lived for so many years with their four sons, Burke, Evan, John and Robert. Evan Tye did this for John and Marcia upon their release as missionaries in the Minnesota Minneapolis Mission. It was one of Evan's favorite oils.
Granite Reef. This granite outcropping is along the Salt River east of Phoenix. It is now called, by non-old timers, Red Mountain.
This is a scene in southern Utah at the ranch of John Thomas Alexander. After the death of Harold, Juna Tye Peterson married Blaine H Alexander, John's father. Juna used to go there with John's family and on at least one occasion, Evan went there to pick up his mother.
This is another of the area of John Thomas Alexander's ranch in southern Utah.
This is a log cabin which was just south of the old hotel owned and operated by Harold Anton Peterson's eldest sister, Josie Miller, in Scipio, UT. During summer vacations the boys would walk by this cabin. The yellow flowers depicted are wide roses. Evan loved their fragrance.
