I have a theory that, sometimes, art needs to sit awhile before it can really sing…
Well, way back when, in my early college days, I took a lot of photography classes. One of them was a mixed media photography class where we made gum prints, sun prints, photo transfers and the like. It was a really fun class. This old print was something I made. It involved some kind of emulsion that was painted onto paper and a large 8 x 10 negative that we developed. This particular print was actually a discard but I kept it anyway in hopes of making something out of it later. Sixteen years later I stumbled across it while looking for other old photos and was immediately sidetracked with the task of finally doing something with it (I really should be doing a million other things right now).
I used water color pencils, water color paint, colored pencils, stamps and ink. It reads:
Sail me on a silver sun where I know that I am free.
Show me that I am everywhere and get me home for tea!The Beatles, “It’s All Too Much“
I think I’m going to frame it and put it in my kitchen, since I love both tea and a good Beatles song.
Happy Tuesday everyone!
February 19th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
hi,
this is very amazing blog, I was much impressed of this blog.
February 20th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Lovely picture! And you can’t go wrong with the Beatles!
February 20th, 2008 at 3:15 am
this is wonderful. it must have been so nice to find something you made a long time ago, and realise you still like it!
February 20th, 2008 at 5:27 am
am soo jealous!! n this is soo beautiful!!
February 20th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Ooh love the illustration, and I just happened to be listening to the Beatles in a web cafe in Granada Spain…so had to leave this comment! Keep up the good work.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I love the idea that the original piece was waiting patiently for you to return.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am
This reminds me of my internal feelings whenever I travel to Jerome, Arizona — the mood of it, the colors, the song lyric floating beneath/around it … all the same sensations of relaxation, centeredness … very very nice.
February 20th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I love it and it will go perfect in a kitchen. Seeing your illustrations has really inspired me to start drawing and painting again. Thank you for that!
February 20th, 2008 at 8:40 am
This ‘aged’ well - I like what it looked like by itself -and I LOVE what you did with it!
February 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I loved this after seeing it on flikr and now love it more after reading the story behind it. How cool is this!
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February 21st, 2008 at 12:42 am
I’m loving your watercolor illustrations, they have a lot of depth and are just wonderful!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
It looks wonderful!
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
I loved the picture before you painted it - and Wow! is it ever lovely now!
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Love what you did with this! It will look great in your kitchen.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Beautiful!!! Love it (and I love a good Beatles song too:))