“Piecing It Together” originated from a photo of my grandmother Helen and her sister, Julie, working on a puzzle. On the back of the photo, in my grandmother’s handwriting, she wrote “1943 and still at it”. The image and the quote got me thinking about how we spend are lives doing just that; piecing it together and figuring it out. The silhouetted bird represents the things we do and think that hold us back and prevent us from seeing the complete picture. The irony of it all is that the key to piecing together the big picture is usually hiding right in front of us in plain sight. This 4' x 6' painting is charcoal, acrylics, fabric and paper collage on 6 wood panels.
beautiful piece
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ReplyDeleteLovely. What a nice tribute.
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Final image really captures the likenesses, and then you add so much more with the layering, the bird, the atmosphere - really enjoy your work.
ReplyDeleteI love yur picture - very cool interpretation of the photo!
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