Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: HatchA on March 25, 2010, 09:50:00 pm
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It's not strictly archery related but I'm so incredibly proud of her, I have to post about it.
A little under a year ago, my wife Freda took up painting (unfortunately not interior/exterior walls etc ;))
Here's a small few of her work.
Painted a good many months back and one of my favourites... She gave this one to my sister's boyfriend for Christmas as he loved it so much.
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1043/snowi.th.jpg) (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/snowi.jpg/)
My friend and bowyer-mentor Jim took this picture on a trip to Colorado (I think) a couple of years ago...
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2943/photobhy.th.jpg) (http://img411.imageshack.us/i/photobhy.jpg/)
...Freda painted it for him, by my request. I'll give it to him tomorrow night when I bring the Osage stave up to begin work on.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6442/paintingq.th.jpg) (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/paintingq.jpg/)
Jim also asked if she'd be interested in painting a picture for a raffle at the club shoot this July. This is the result...
(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3497/stagz.th.jpg) (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/stagz.jpg/)
All these pic's were taken on my phone and REALLY do not do them an ounce of true justice. The stag looks a little pale and lacking in my pic but in person, the texture of it's coat is visible through the brush strokes.
I love her skies... I think Turner has some serious competition ;)
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Very nice.
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Very nice indeed. Looks like she has talent for sure. The first one is my favorite as well
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Dang! She has some game son!
Hope your bow turns out well.then maybe she'll be painting one of you with a S.D. deer?
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beautiful work
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Great looking work.
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Beautiful work,very nice stuff. :)
Pappy
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thats really awsome. ;D ;D
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very nice work.
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She's truly got some artistic skills....very nice!
Tell her that my wife and I would hang any one of those on our living room wall.
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Thanks guys. She's sitting opposite me, a huge smile across her face!! She really doesn't think she's as good as I keep telling her she is. Probably comes from continuously looking at the pictures, seeing the flaws that didn't come out "just right" and not seeing each picture as a unique image, even if it's of something in particular. I keep telling her "if you want something that looks exactly like the subject... take a photograph!! An oil painting is a one-time-only image that is perfect in it's own ways".
Diligence... Thanks for the comment about the living room wall :) I think that sealed the deal on the smile :D
And Tim... I think she's already thought of an "archer" picture... with "yours truly" as the model, of course 8) hehe. Hopefully, as you say, I'll have a pic from S.D. for her to use as reference ;)
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She definately has talent.
Those are very good.
Buy her some more paint.
Steve
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Greta work, why don't you have her do some archery art and put it on t shirts, I would buy at least one.
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Greta work, why don't you have her do some archery art and put it on t shirts, I would buy at least one.
INteresting idea... will look into it and see what happens ;)
Thanks guys :)
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Beautiful paintings...she definitely has the gift!