It was their little old fashioned faces that got me. This is one of two bigger paintings I have been working on this past week. Will post the second one soon.
There is something irresistible in this painting and I think aside from the utter charm of the subject matter - it's your obvious warmth and delight in painting these sweet, innocent beings!
What is it about some of the old photos that have such frozen charm, magic, innocence, especially when you consider what else may have been going on in their lives, and in the world, at the time the photo was taken? I love the wedding pictures,where everyone is in their finery, trying to look their very best, with smiles (or not) all around. We've all experienced the conversations in the car, on the way home, after such events, talking about what was REALLY happening with some of those friends and relatives. Great image, Sheila. Life can be so funny, so magical.
Bill, yes, it's true especially with our own photographs from the past. I suppose they represent not just a "frozen moment in time" but time as a "continuum" maybe. Am i really much different a person as I was then kind of thing.
I see this as a first communion. Nowadays (great old-fashioned word) such an event seems so old-fashioned. Harkens back to bygone times. More old-timey words...
Sam, yes, for me it might mean taking a leap - who knows- a "first communion". Well the Catholics still do First Communions you know. There is a link there for me still in a strange and obscure way. The memories are rich and not at all bitter.
There is something irresistible in this painting and I think aside from the utter charm of the subject matter - it's your obvious warmth and delight in painting these sweet, innocent beings!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marcia. I nearly gave up on it several times (I'm one of them by the way, LOL!). Ah,the days of innocence.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about some of the old photos that have such frozen charm, magic, innocence, especially when you consider what else may have been going on in their lives, and in the world, at the time the photo was taken?
ReplyDeleteI love the wedding pictures,where everyone is in their finery, trying to look their very best, with smiles (or not) all around. We've all experienced the conversations in the car, on the way home, after such events, talking about what was REALLY happening with some of those friends and relatives.
Great image, Sheila.
Life can be so funny, so magical.
Bill, yes, it's true especially with our own photographs from the past. I suppose they represent not just a "frozen moment in time" but time as a "continuum" maybe. Am i really much different a person as I was then kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteI see this as a first communion. Nowadays (great old-fashioned word) such an event seems so old-fashioned. Harkens back to bygone times. More old-timey words...
ReplyDeleteSam, yes, for me it might mean taking a leap - who knows- a "first communion". Well the Catholics still do First Communions you know. There is a link there for me still in a strange and obscure way. The memories are rich and not at all bitter.
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