>>> OF COURSE FOR A -- OVER THE COURSE OF A HUNDRED YEARS A LOT HAS CHANGED.

HE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING THEM FOR A GOOD PART OF THE LAST CENTURY AND IT IS ROOTED IN LOVE FOR AMERICAN HISTORY.

WE GO TO LINCOLN PARK TO MEET A CENTENARIAN WHO IS A WIZ WITH WATER COLORS.

>> FOR TKPWHROR -- GLORIA K WILLIAMS THERE IS ONE FOCUS OF HER WORK IN WATER COLOR.

>> AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> FROM THE STATUTE OF LIBERTY TO MOUNT RUSHMORE SHE SPENT 50 YEARS TRAVELING THE COUNTRY AND DOCUMENTING HISTORICAL LANDMARKS WITH HER WATER COLORS.

>> IT IS WHAT I NEED TO PAINT AND WHAT I NEED TO GET DONE.

>> SHE WOULD PAINT WHAT IS KNOWN AS HER AMERICAN LEGACY COLLECTION.

THAT 250-PIECE COLLECTION WOULD LEAD THE FORMER TEACHER TO BE HONORED AS THE ARTIST KNOWN AS GLORIA.

>> I AM GRATEFUL.

IT IS RECOGNITION AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF RECOGNITION.

>> NOW SMITH'S DEPICTION OF AMERICAN HISTORY HAS LEAD HER TO RECEIVE MANY ACCOLADES, THAT INCLUDE BEING HONORED BY THE CITY OF CHICAGO WITH THE DECLARATION OF K SMITH DAY ON FEBRUARY 27th.

>> I AM A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

I AM THANKFUL I CAN DO SOMETHING I HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF ARTWORK.

>> EVEN AT THE AGE OF 100 YEARS OLD, SHE SPENDS ONE HOUR A DAY DO -- DOING HER WATER COLORS AND IT IS WHAT KEEPS HER DOING -- GOING.

>> I SPEND AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND I CAN PAINT.

THE NEXT HOUR I CAN PAINT [INAUDIBLE] PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITH ANYTHING BUT WATER COLOR.

WATER COLOR IS FOR ME VERY ABLE, VERY VIABLE.

[INAUDIBLE] >> AS FOR HER STILL GROWING COLLECTION, SHE HAS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR HERPESES, IN THE CLASSROOM.

EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION ON AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> THEY DON'T KNOW A THING.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS GREA.

>> SHE WAS AWARDED BY THE LINCOLN ACADEMY OF ILLINOIS.

ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZATION THEY RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUAL PWHOE