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| Spirit of the Griot |
It's been a while since I have posted my
ATC's. Following is a little tour of my recent works. This is a little painting of a baobab in Pebeo's Moon Effects enamel paint. The background is color pencil. The baobab is a remarkable tree in the landscape here in Senegal. In the countryside it is often the only tree in the dry landscape. I have titled the card Spirit of the Griot because there was a practice of burying the musician/historians known as griot in the trees. You can
learn more about this practice here.
This ATC is a small painting with textile paints on watercolor paper is one of the series of ATCs exploring the work of other artists. This is a copy of Manet's Asparagus painting.
That painting has a cute story. Manet painted an additional spear of asparagus to send to art collector Charles Ephrussi after he was over paid for a larger asparagus still life.
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| Madame du Barry |
This one was designed for an artists choice exchange. I dipped lace in paint and created a print on two cards. I cut out a heart and added a paper flower and photo of a
Madame du Barry ceramic doll.
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| Little House |
This ATC is to be in the shape of a small house. Little houses and buildings are a recent trend in the world of ATCs. This cottage is in oil pastels.
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| After Don Li-Leger |
Another ATC in the series inspired by artists, this one after the work of the artist
Don Li-Leger. His painting are of flowers in soft jewel tones and earthy colors. Many of his paintings are also sub-dived into squares and rectangles. He aims for an Asian inspired, meditative mood in his paintings. My ATC is painted with acrylics, enamel, pen and oil pastel.
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