Hi!
Well, we're into yet another mural project, and this one's even bigger than the last. With the coming of busy mural season, I almost forgot to load the new work coming off the easel. "Swingin' Chickadee" is one of them.
A little about what inspired this painting:
The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn is a field trip must for school children here in Michigan. On my first visit there I was fascinated with the Village workers in period costume and their live demonstrations of of long-ago maker skills. I had two favorites among them; the candle-maker and the glass blower.
Couple this with a visit to Thomas Edison's lab and I was one fixated 3rd grader. The soft glow of candles and incandescent lightbulbs was such a visual treat that my teacher had to literally drag me on to the next exhibit.
This painting is going to be entered in a show with a Dearborn theme on October 25. If you are interested in it, let me know by next Saturday and I'll place a hold on it. Subscribers to my Studio News get 20% off until then. Once entered in the show, it goes back to full price.
To see how this might look in your home click HERE.
Up next: Fall Giveaway! Next week I will select one of my small 4"x4" original oil paintings to give away. I do this about four times a year as a thank you to those who faithfully read my Studio News.
I'll show you the giveaway painting next week and draw a name from among my subscribers on October 30th.
Until then, have a wonderful weekend filled with sunlight and birdsong!
Jan
