Gladys Beaumont (re-worked)
Oil on canvas board 9" x 7"
In those days families like ours did not have a camera, so if you wanted any family member photographed you had to save up and have a "studio" shot done. That is why Gladys happens to be wearing a fur stole in this shot. It would be part of the photographer's equipment. She probably has her sister's best dress on underneath.
posted by Sheila Vaughan at 1:43 PM
6 Comments:
Love the quiet intimacy of this painting, Sheila.
When I was a kid in the '40s and '50s,
once or twice my mom took us to a local photographer. I'll never forget being curious about the three little "windows" he had in the side of his house.
One was probably 8 X 10,and one 5 X 7.
I'm sure that's where he exposed the negs (?) for his View cameras, using natural daylight. MAGIC!
Hi Bill - if you ever get chance to see the film "Everlasting Moments" then do so. It is a Swedish film set in the early 1900s about a poor working class Swedish mother (with lots of kids and an alcoholic husband). She wins a camera in a lottery and rather than sell it - because really they need the money - she decides to learn how to use it, using her neighbours as subjects and she becomes a very skilled photographer. It's a beautiful film. Made around 2008. It won many prizes.
Nice....
Simon, love your muted colour harmonies of late. For me personally I feel I can get closer to the image being produced somehow.
Hi Sheila,
I like the shy, tentative look on the woman's face, and even the way the
fur stole, sits a bit uncomfortably on her. A rich feeling of mood and presence.
XO Barbara
Thanks for the thoughtful comment Barbara. Yes, I think she was a kind of shy person - my mum's favourite aunt actually.
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