Canadian Girl, 4 x 6 Monotype & Watercolor, available at So Oh Fine Art Gallery
The monotype ghost, before watercolor, below....
Baudelaire wrote an essay titled The Painter in Modern Life, and challenged artists: “Make us see and understand, with brush or with pencil, how great and poetic we are in our cravats and our leather boots.” This is my mother's cousin JBM, as a young girl, transplanted to New England fresh from Canada, and I love the 1930's era photo of her that I've used as a reference for this monotype.
I've painted watercolors of her, and sketched her in graphite, and I've made several monotypes - all from the same photo. (She thinks this is all very funny.)
The first monotype pulled from the plate, with watercolor, below...
Black Fur Hat, 4 x 6 Monotype & Watercolor (Sold)
My feeble attempts to capture the essence of her loveliness, and her youth, and her spark (she is one of fourteen children) keep bringing me back around to try again. I'm working it out; looking to document the parts of her that are 'poetic and great' in my pigments, and brush strokes and ink-wipes on the plate, and I'll keep drawing & painting her until I finally see her in there.
This week's Illustration Friday topic: Polar
9/15/06
Monotype & Watercolor: Canadian Girl
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4 comments:
The purple and blue version is my favorite. I think you've captured her loveliness there. 8-]
Another beautiful creation and a great story. Your affection for her comes through loud and clear through your paint and print. One day people are going to wake up to the simple beauty of printmaking.
Very cool, you've really brought her to life. I love the black fur hat version especially. Yay Canadian girls!
its a great series nice work
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