(La Porte, IN) - A new oil painting of the historic downtown La Porte courthouse is available now for the public to see.

The painting is hanging inside the La Porte County Clerk’s Office on the main level of the courthouse.

Clerk Heather Stevens said people walking up to the counter at her office can easily see the image measuring about four feet high and two feet wide.

“We wanted it displayed where everybody can see it,” she said.

The artist was Tim Perry, a realtor and former clerk-treasurer for the Town of Long Beach.

Stevens said she asked him to paint the courthouse for her, personally, and she was going to pay him for it out of her own funds. But, after she saw the finished product, she decided the painting should be at the courthouse and Perry donated it.

“This way, everybody can enjoy it,” she said.