Just months before the San Dimas Train Station burned to the ground, Millard Sheets painted this historic train station. It had been built in the 1880's by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway anticipating San Dimas growing into a large agricultural based suburb of Los Angeles. Sheets had grown up a few miles away. He had seen this train station many times from the train as he traveled to and from his home.

The Hale and Norcross Mine was founded in 1859, a silver and gold mine in Nevada's rich Comstock mining district centered in Virginia City, Nevada. In 1895, the owners and managers of the mine were found guilty of diverting millions of dollars for their own benefit. One of the investors who lost a fortune was Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain.

At the Mission Gate is an oil painting on board, with exceptional contrasts in color, character suggestion, and flow of composition. 1929 was an exceptional year for Millard Sheets. Although he had had not yet finished his studies at the Chouinard Art Institute, he was given a solo show at the prestigious Newhouse Galleries in Los Angeles. Also in 1929, he won the Edgar B. Davis prize in Texas, which came with a cash award large enough to enable Millard to travel to South America, Central America and Europe for nearly a year. In Paris, he studied lithography and painted at the Salon d'Automne, the premier exhibition for locale for French Modern Art.

The Gleaners, California shows an ancient practice at work in the 20th century. Gleaners gather up the small amount left after the harvest has been completed. The silhouetted figures in the foreground are the nameless faceless gatherers living on the margins in a lush and productive farmland.

Pulling Cable, Camp Roberts shows a busy scene at this U.S. Army training camp during WW II. The camp was opened in 1940 and became one of the busiest training facilities during the war. Located near Paso Robles, the camp also was home to a large Army Hospital and was the location of prison camps for captured German and Italian soldiers. In 1942, Millard Sheets was made an artist-correspondent for Life Magazine, assigned to the China-Burma-India theater of war.

Nipomo is a small town in San Luis Obispo County. It was here that Great Depression photographer Dorothea Lange took her famous photo called Migrant Mother. Like Dorothea Lange and so many WPA artists of the era, Millard Sheets showed great respect for poor people, how they lived and work. He strived to call attention to their plight without losing sight of their inherent dignity.

Beneath the Neon Glow is a night scene in the Westlake Park District of LA. In the background is a partial view of the neon sign atop the William Penn Hotel. This scene is just steps away from the location of the Chouinard Art Institute where Sheets received a scholarship and was also teaching a class in watercolor. Sheets painted this watercolor scene while standing at the entrance to Chouinard.

In the later years of his career, Millard Sheets turned to using acrylic as a paint medium to steer clear of the toxic chemicals associated with oil paint. This masterful composition shows women seemingly graceful while doing the heavy labor of carrying water uphill.

Since Paul Gauguin first arrived in Tahiti in 1890, artists have been drawn to these jewels in the South Pacific. In Old House, Tahiti Sheets paints a brilliantly colored scene with two Tahitian women in native clothing.

Japanese Farmhouse is a marvelously colorful watercolor, done during one of Sheets' several visits to Japan. The colored geometric shapes of the fields gives this painting an appealing composition with a harmony of colors.

Fishermen of Mazatlan shows fishermen heading out in their pangas. Before Mazatlan became known as a major tourist destination, Mazatlan was known for its rich harvests of seafood, especially shrimp (camarones).

Rocks of Lobos shows a scene from Point Lobos State Park, the jewel of the California Coast. Sheets dazzles the viewer with a multitude of colors accompanied with a flock of gulls.

Mendocino Coast shows "Barking Rocks" a small rocky island just off the cliffs by Millard Sheets' home in Anchor Bay, California, just north of Gualala. Millard and Mary Sheets bought their oceanfront property in 1960. Due to visits from a number of sea lions, Mary named the islet "Barking Rocks. Also in 1960, Walt Disney artist Joshua Meador bought a similar property just north of Mendocino in Caspar. Back in the Los Angeles Art scene, both artists most likely knew of each other. The concurrence of both artists buying similar seaside homes fifty miles apart is quite a coincidence. At present, we are aware of any evidence that Millard Sheets and Joshua Meador knew each other, but it bears out further investigation.