Press Release: Bridges of Lake Lanier - Release of the sixth print in the series

"Flowery Branch / McEver Road Bridge"

Anne Brodie Hill announces the release of her latest in a series, of Lake Lanier Bridges signed prints "Flowery Branch / McEver Road Bridge." The new print, which is the sixth in the series, shows the bridge on McEver Road, over Flowery Branch Creek. This is also the entrance to Starboard Marina and the well-known Up the Creek Restaurant, famous for its fried Grouper sandwiches.

The view of the bridge, in the print, is from the water, after passing under the bridge and looking back. It is late in the afternoon, in early summer, and a young father is fishing, while his son explores the rocks near the bridge. A female Mallard is paddling across the water with her five ducklings staying close behind.

Flowery Branch / McEver Road Bridge is dated 1961, and is on McEver Road between Gaines Ferry Road and Lights Ferry Road. In 1964, the Hall County Commission named McEver Road for Hubert H. McEver, a successful businessman, civic leader and philanthropist of Hall County.

According to David Coughlin’s Lake Sidney Lanier, A Storybook Site, page 175,

"On the pre-lake map Highways 400, Interstate 985, and McEver Road did not even exist as shown on the present map. Hall County sued the government in later years claiming that highways lost to the reservoir had not been adequately replaced. The 1.7 million won in federal court as compensation for the loss of roads helped pay for McEver Road’s initial construction, which is simply an extension of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard."

Anne Brodie Hill is a local marine artist and photographer who lives halfway between Gainesville and Cumming, GA, off of Brown’s Bridge Road. Her goal is to photograph and paint images of all of the bridges of Lake Lanier. She is a signature member of the Georgia Watercolor Society and the American Society of Marine Artists, and is an official Coast Guard Artist. She is also an advanced merit member of the Atlanta Artist Center. Collectors of her paintings include Eagles Landing Country Club, Stockbridge, GA., Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta, GA., United States Coast Guard, Nature Conservancy, Atlanta, GA., Waterfall Country Club at Lake Burton, GA., and H.A. Wheeler, President of Lowes Motor Speedway.

Anne has postcards, notecards, T-shirts and totebags with the images from her Lake Lanier paintings. The new print is available in 2 sizes - 12" x 18" and 6" x 8" and is offered exclusively at Frames You-Nique on the Square in Gainesville, GA.

(770-532-7074), Aqualand Marina (770-967-6811)