Click Here To Buy It Now - $100, oil on gessobord, 5x7 inches
This painting idea all started because of a fun lacy umbrella I found at a flea market in California. My grand daughter who visited this past summer was the model and who did not want to pose for me especially not dressed up, she is 15, posing is definitely not on her "cool" radar. However I promised a modeling fee and worked fast trying to catch a pose. Having lots of lacy blouses was not a problem but I had to be imaginative for the skirt, grabbing a lace table cloth and wrapping it around her jeans. She also was prone to slouching which didn't work with the pose and I had to remind her to sit up; in past times it was not considered lady like to slouch, maybe corsets had a little to do with it (slouch and you can't breath). Anyway I can't imagine life without jeans! And corsets, pure torture but didn't the women look good?
Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.
(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide
Click Here To Buy It Now - $100, oil on gessobord, 5x7 inches
It's been another long time since I posted, summer has been crazy busy with trips and grandkids but a great summer! I was visiting my daughter in California in the spring when I snapped this photo of the goat. I knew there were goats at this home outside her neighborhood from previous trips so I made a point to go back and see if I could get photos. To my surprise there was a whole family of goats and this white one who seemed so friendly. He/she tried to come close but unfortunately there is a big gully full of brush and stuff between the walking path and the fenced in barnyard. I had to telescope in with my camera to get any photos. This painting is from a photo where the white goat saw me checking him and the others out and he/she is checking me out, probably was hoping I might be a means of getting a carrot or apple. Whenever I've been around goats it always seems like the white goat is the most friendly and the leader of the pact. I wonder if thats my imagination. ?
Due to the limitations and inconsistencies of various display monitors, the colors you see on your screen may not be a totally accurate reproduction of the actual painting but I work to get the best likeness possible.
(C) Deborah A. Kirkeeide
