People are always telling me that my work is too dark. So I've put up this sunnier story, but even it has a shadow, as its original publisher – a fine Atlantic Canadian literary magazine called the Gaspereau Review – is no longer in business. ---------------- It was a simple enough thing and that thing was simply this: Edmund Kelley was a gentleman. Of course his mom called him her 'little gentleman', as in 'Oh Edmund, you are my perfect little gentleman,' which did seem to hold to a certain logic that these type of things often follow, considering her affection for him and the fact that he was, after all, only ten years old. Still, Edmund himself was not particularly fond of the diminutive aspect of that title. Gentleman was enough; gentleman summed up the whole thing rather nicely, thank you. He was definitely a more refined version of your average child. He lived in a state of perpetual Sunday m
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what a fabulous painting... she's a mysterious feisty vixen! It looks great on the red wall.
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ReplyDeleteI love the colors and the red background too! Is it a part of an exhibition? I'd love to see the other paintings as well.
Great painting, very expressive!
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Wonderful painting. Fantastic!
ReplyDeletejust wandered over from susan's art esprit blog and cracked up at your faux anger pic/note. i'm short, and yes indeed we are prone to gassy episodes!! hahaha.
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The cigar tin paintings are marvelous!
ReplyDeleteI would like to buy one of your cigar box paintings.How much are they?
ReplyDeleteAwesome painting and perfect for this topic. Great work.
ReplyDeleteThat painting for Illustration Friday is fab! Love it a lot!
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