The bronze statue at the east end of the Chief John Ross Memorial Bridge commemorates Ellen Axson Wilson, the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. A tribute to her love of the arts, the statue depicts her standing at an easel, painting a scene as she looks out over the river.

Ellen Wilson grew up in Rome and is buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery. The statue was commissioned by the Rome Area Council for the Arts and created by Arizona artist Stephanie Hunter.