Making Christmas Cookies
6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
This adult appears to be making cookies with a child. What? And also … follow up question … Why?
Gawbless all the parents who let their small children “help” in the kitchen. Seriously, they deserve all the medals.
Life hack: Never let a child help you bake a cake, unless you have no desire to eat any cake.
Day 24 of 25 paintings in December 2021
Many thanks to @secretlifeofnell on Instagram for allowing me to use their photo as a reference.
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Uncle Mervin's Kitchen
8x8 Oil on Panel. Uncle Mervin's Kitchen.
UNFRAMED.
My friend's uncle was a life-long bachelor. He lived to be over 90. This was his kitchen.
Matthew
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12x16 oil on panel, Natural wood frame. (Lots of thick impasto work on this one).
This painting is currently (Sept 18th - Oct 24th 2021) being shown at The Teresa Haag Studio & Gallery 2nd Anniversary Show in Phoenixville, PA. https://www.teresahaag.com/anniversaryshow Along with work from 6 other artists.
The title of this painting comes from the song "Matthew" by John Denver (my mom was a fan). As soon as I saw this photo, I thought of that song, and my mom. In her last few years her memory was rapidly deteriorating, but she always perked up when she heard a song she knew, (she couldn't remember what day it was, but she always remembered old songs she loved). Music brought her great joy. That's the purpose of art, if you ask me :-)
The song begins:
"I had an uncle, name of Matthew, he was his father's only boy.
Born just south of Colby, Kansas, he was his mother's pride and joy.
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on,
love was just a way to live and die.
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field,
blue was just the Kansas summer sky."
I hope this painting reminds you of a family member, who lived long ago. Maybe a grandparent who you knew well, or an uncle you never met, but who lived a life as textured and rich as our own. This painting is a reminder to celebrate their life.
The original image was from a scanned 35mm Kodachrome slide from 1947. I absolutely LOVE old Kodachrome photos. I want to paint ALL of them! Many thanks to Ryan Conroy Instagram: @conroyphotocollection for allowing me to paint his reference photo.
Letter to Santa
10x10 oil on panel, black floater frame
This little girl isn’t leaving anything to chance as she hands her letter to Santa directly to the Postman. She’s going to get that damned bike, if she has to walk to the North Pole to get it. I like her chutzpah.
I found the original photo for this painting on the Library of Congress website but I decided to add a little color to it.
Day 17 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
10x10 oil on panel, black floater frame
I couldn’t help but notice the body language of the boy in this painting. I want to tell that little girl that "he's just not that into you," but experience tells me, she won't listen.
Like so many, I was involved in an unrequited love situation in my teens. We've all been there. The obsessing and daydreaming ... I can only hope Remington Steele was able to move on. (I never meant to hurt him).
Many thanks to @secretlifeofnell on IG for allowing me to use their photo as a reference.
Day 18 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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Bicycle Thief
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6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
This scene looks to me like a little girl has stolen her big sister’s bike, and is pedaling for life. It immediately reminded me of my childhood best friend, and her evil older sister. The older sister who would have killed us if she knew how many times we went into her room and touched her things. That’s right. Put our dirty paws … on her things. She warned us to keep out. But we didn’t. (The seventies were a lawless time).
I’m rooting for this tiny bike thief.
Day 21 of 25 paintings in December 2021
Many thanks to @mybelair62 on Tumblr for allowing me to use their photo as a reference.
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Get Out of My Room
6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
I imagine the person who snapped this photo, was later the victim of a homicide. The photo was clearly unauthorized! They had to die.
When I was a kid there was a show called Candid Camera, which involved pranking people and video-taping their reactions. I hated that show. It made me paranoid about hidden cameras all over the place that could catch me doing something embarrassing, which would then be shown on TV for all the world to laugh at. So, thanks a lot TV. Way to make a little girl feel even more self-conscious.
Day 22 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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VW Bug
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6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of the game “punch buggy,” … It’s where you get to hit someone’s arm, while yelling, “Punch Buggy” if you see a VW bug before they do. I first heard about it from my husband, when we were dating, and now I want my punch-buggy-less childhood back, so I get to avail myself of this legal justification for hitting my brothers. How did no one tell me about this!
My brother older got a used VW Bug when he turned 16. My younger brother got a sporty Z24 Cavalier ... and I got a two-toned Chevette hooptie coupe. No one can convince me my parents didn't love my brothers more.
What was your first car?
Day 23 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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Many thanks to @mihail_macri for allowing me to use their photo for reference.
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Yellow Bikini
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10x10 oil on panel, black floater frame
I was a bit torn about painting this photo. While I love the image, I can't help but think it was unauthorized. I’m still trying to decide where, on a scale of one to super creepy, the photographer might land. Possibly an 11. We’ll never know.
This looks like it was taken in the late 50s? Back when wearing grannie panties counted as bikini bottoms and you didn't have to suffer from a thong wedgie to look good on the boardwalk. I guess the 1950s weren't all bad.
The subject of this photo looks like she never eats funfetti cake. I, on the other hand, look like I don’t own a mirror. Thankfully now, in my mid-fifties, I have the body of a beer-drinker half that age. #winning :-)
Day 20 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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Converse All Star
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6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame
The Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers ... providing the exact amount of cushioning you need, as long as you don’t need any cushioning, since 1922.
But Converse wearers don’t care ... because sometimes, the world needs a little retro fashion. (But not you, legwarmers and padded shoulders from the 1980s. Not you).
Day 19 of 25 paintings in December 2021
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