©"Lymon & Will Stewart" Original Painting — 18" x 24" Watercolor & Ink

One-of-a-Kind Original Painting — Available for Acquisition

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A Three-Generation Tribute to California Oil Industry Heritage

This is the original one-of-a-kind painting — ©"Lymon and Will Stewart," 24" x 32," watercolor & ink — created by our three-generation art team: Clarissa, Vanessa, and Kierah.

Inspired by the historic decorative tiles of the Union Oil Company Headquarters in Santa Paula, California, this museum-grade work carries extraordinary provenance, documented historical significance, and the recognition of the National Museum of Women Artists, Washington D.C.

We have lived all over California, one of our favorite cities was Santa Paula, CA. It is here you'll find this beautiful building known as "The Union Oil Museum," significant as the birthplace of the Union Oil Company on October 17, 1890. Upstairs in the Boardroom, on the fireplace, are unique designer tiles — including one tile of these two frogs, whom we imagined to be Lyman Stewart and his son Will Stewart. Lyman was the founder of the oil industry in Santa Paula, California. The checkered tile design around Lyman and Will is from the 2nd story floor and is Linoleum made from Flax Oil.

New research just in 3/18/26 states these two frogs are also in a group of 17 tiles called "The Wedding Party." However, there's only one tile with two frogs at the Union Oil Museum, so we're keeping the story of "Lyman and Will."

Key Historic Designations and Significance:

Location: 1003 E. Main St., Santa Paula, California.

Landmark Status: California Historical Landmark (#996) and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#86002619).

Architectural Style: The only remaining intact Queen Anne style commercial structure from the 1890s in Ventura County.

The site commemorates the founding of the oil industry in California by pioneers Wallace Hardison and Lyman Stewart in 1886.

Union Oil Museum Tour Video — at 20:20 minutes, see the Boardroom fireplace with frog tile; at 21:00 minutes, see the Flax Oil Linoleum Floor.

Chevron, through its affiliate Union Oil Company of California, transferred ownership of the former headquarters to the City of Santa Paula, effective Dec. 27, 2023.
https://www.spcity.org/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/173

Artist Recognition

Both Clarissa and Vanessa were invited into and Archived in the National Museum of Women Artists, Washington, D.C., as the first Collaborating Mother and Daughter Art Team. Both hold two California State Fair Awards each in the Arts.

To see us in the National Museum of Women Artists, visit the Clara Database: https://wayback.archive-it.org/2972/20181114151849/http:/clara.nmwa.org/

The Clara Database is very old and no longer being updated, however we are there 🤩

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