I wanted to paint something that would fit this eerie frame that I found at the Good Will shop up the street.
The frame was a personalized engraved frame of some child named "Anna-Jude who was born in 1981. But there was no photo. The lack of photo got me instantly thinking of what I could put in the frame. And then I found a scrap of board that fit in the frame and VOILA!
My Anna Jude is actually about the birds in the woman's hands. The robins are named "Anna" and "Jude". The woman is their mother and she is complex: beautiful but dark, young but old. Much like a nice port. Perhaps I will name her "Portisha and Kin: Anna and Jude"
The frame was a personalized engraved frame of some child named "Anna-Jude who was born in 1981. But there was no photo. The lack of photo got me instantly thinking of what I could put in the frame. And then I found a scrap of board that fit in the frame and VOILA!
My Anna Jude is actually about the birds in the woman's hands. The robins are named "Anna" and "Jude". The woman is their mother and she is complex: beautiful but dark, young but old. Much like a nice port. Perhaps I will name her "Portisha and Kin: Anna and Jude"
Portisha and Kin: Anna and Jude
4x6 Acrylic
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2 comments:
this is awesome, doug. love how you found your inspiration in creating this and even more so the story you made up for it. great "eerie" portrait painting as you put it. how did you manage to get all those textures in the background and dress? i find them very interesting.
Well senor Dave, I've been playing with some really experimental drugs and paints. Both of which have been extremely influential to some of my newer pieces.
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