Thursday, April 23, 2015

Family portrait fun

    Moving oil paint around on a canvas is fun. I decided a family portrait would be next. I put Joe driving his sport car facilitating our lives. The grandchildren are on the trunk watching a roadrunner. A southwestern landscape is on my mind because of a reunion I want to attend. I am painting with Farley beside me, wind blowing his ears. David is hanging on to Emmit, his Pug. What to do about the parents and uncles? I decided to pilfer angels from art history, to create guardian angels...not specific persons, but symbols. The license plate notes initials and ages. The flowers have meanings and refer to largesse bestowed. I started out with a toned canvas and added color. Click the photos to enlarge.


    
      Every time the Boston Marathon rolls around, Hannah is another year older. There was her soft quilted birthday card to make and the hard copy for clarity. I always think of Hannah as our prolific reader, so this year I grabbed a literary Paddington (we saw the movie) and added some of my favorite quotations about reading. I hope to stitch better next year. The batting dragged under the needle and I was running out of time.  



       In the spring,  Katie rounds up friends to make blocks for Project Hope, so I whipped up nine. I didn't have enough printed squares, so I took images from the novelty fabrics I did have and painted the blank areas with a Sharpie Rub a Dub laundry marker that doesn't bleed and Jacquard acrylic fabric paints that leave the fabric soft.  The four bottom left blocks were embellished this way.


       While I paint, Joe insists on building frames. All in the family portrait think he is a special guy to have around!

16 comments:

  1. Karen Jacobs on Facebook: Ha! Love it! You can really tell a story!

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  2. Rosemary Henderson on Facebook: Perfect, Linda. You've really captured the two of you and your grandchildren complete with your dog.

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  3. The family portrait is SO good. I love your painting style! DJ

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  4. Carolyn Henson (FB): This is SO clever Linda! Great job!

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  5. Linda! Linda! Linda! Wow! Trilla Pando on Facebook

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  6. Interesting support group above. Nice car. Love it. Dan Loving on FB

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  7. What a great variety of gifts you have as an artist. I am awe of your products. Love the family portrait.

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  8. This ought to be on the cover of the New Yorker! Don Taylor via FB

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  9. Gail S Combs on FB: Another glorious picture --you are the best

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  10. I love everything, and agree with Don that your work belongs on the cover...Please submit it! Love you, Ruth Anne

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  11. Just wonderful - Family Portrait really gets the essence of what I call "Hicks-ness" - fun, imagination, and love for one another. Joe's frame is beautiful! -Ellen

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  12. You just overwhelm me with all you can do. Love that painting of Joe. Love Hannah and her squares.

    NM

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  13. Your paintings are amazing! I love seeing your art. Happy belated birthday to Hannah!

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  14. I love those Guardian Angels!!! Jeanie Collier

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  15. Wow! I love this! Melissa Craig

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  16. This picture is wonderful, hysterical and full of fantasy and fun. I love that you are all doing what you love to do...You are standing and creating as usual, Joe is at the wheel zipping madly along with all this favorite people on board and the kids are sitting backwards thrilled out of their minds. Terrific!! Wish you would display this somewhere were all may enjoy it. KE

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