Archive | December, 2019

Weekly Map Giveaway Winner!

14 Dec

Sign up for our weekly map give-away here! This week’s mystery winner is… johnhbivins@ If your email address starts with “johnhbivins″ please email me at: [email protected] to claim your free map! The entire email address has been omitted for your privacy. The name on this page is changed weekly, and chosen with “randomnamepicker.org” Thank you […]

Are You Forgetting Someone on Your Christmas List?

12 Dec

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So you have finished buying gifts for everyone. Several of the people on your list will receive a custom hand-painted historical map from Great River Arts. Your father is getting one of the antique maps featuring his favorite vacation spot. You’re sure it will be a treasure to him for years to come. Some of […]

Quick Menu for Last Minute Christmas Map Art Shopping

01 Dec

…. Can’t See the whole Menu? Please click Post title above posting to expand it! ………………………… CLICK HERE TO SEARCH our shopping site by any KEYWORD… Search state, date, cartographer, locale, etc. If you don’t find it, Call us! 888-255-7726 Hand painted originals available now! Usual wait period is 1 […]

What the Press are Saying

“The most interesting appeal is the color and beauty of the maps. This is where Lisa Middleton…loves to use her special talent in color, blending and her sensitivity to the joys that maps hold for us as collectors.” Sandy Erdman, Rochester Post Bulletin July 4, 2015.

“She’s turned [that] fascination into an art — finding, restoring and replicating old maps, then creating art on top of the prints.” Abby Eisenburg, Winona Daily News June 13, 2013.

“Middleton is doing more than making art, she’s helping to preserve history.” Chris Peterson, Hungry Horse News May 13, 2015.

“In her hands, a torn black-and-white 1883
plat of Montana Territory blossoms into a
vividly colored snapshot of what the land
once was. It remains a map by definition, but
by execution it is now an ornate showpiece fit
for the living room wall, touched by an artist’s
hand with its essential purpose still intact.”
Myers Reese, Montana Quarterly Fall, 2014.

“Many different things can make a map
interesting. Sometimes many places on the
map have disappeared…Sometimes a map
reality and fantasy…’I like to work on maps
with history, maps of places people love, maps
that have stories,’Middleton said.”
Big River Magazine, Summer 2013.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT GREAT RIVER ARTS

“This map is very nice, good quality and shows the different routes. Great gift for anyone who has walked the Camino”

dc21044

“Very unique and surprising to find a blanket with the lake I grew up going to in a very small town that is very close to my family for generations. Only thing is that there was a misspelled word on it, but it isnt the biggest deal. Love it”

Stef

“Gorgeous, arrived quicker than expected. Very happy with the purchase, thank you!”

Megan

Bought one for the office then my wife bought this one for the home.

Bought one for the office then my wife bought this one for the home.

I highly recommend working w/ Ms. Middleton. The map I received is beautiful and the perfect complement of historic interest w/ earth tone colors. It was carefully packed in a thick tube so it wouldn’t get damaged. I couldn’t be happier as it’s going to be the perfect Christmas gift.

bkeleher2

Thanks! Great Map, fast service and a bonus gift of 2 cards. I couldn’t be happier!

Bruce and Nancy

Arrived on time and looks beautiful in my office. We are getting one for the house.

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