Acrylic (32 X 48) Inches
Artists Comment:
This painting was developed after me and my grandchildren visited Bishop
Hill in Illinois. During our visit we witnessed many craftsman doing
their thing. We also visited many historical buildings and museums.
At the conclusion of the visit we sat at a picnic table and talked
about what we had seen during the day. Each of the grandchildren drew
pictures of what they had seen that impressed them most. Later, I took
these little sketches and combined them and edited them in order to
make an overall picture of their ideas and mine. This is the basis
for this painting. There was one little incident that needs explaining. An
elderly Docent in one of the buildings explained that a long time ago the
preacher and leader of the settlement became involved with another man's
wife. One night, while the preacher was in-bed with this woman, a gun was
pointed through the window and the preacher was shot. The preacher was killed.
The Docent winked and said "It was a good thing!". We all laughed and that
resulted in the picture of the winking female depicted in the picture. The
picture is full of these little stories that only me and my grandchildren
know.
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This is a detail of the above painting. The main creative part of this painting was in the development of the sketch. The sketch was transferred to the board and then colors and values were selected based on my feeling for the time and subject. This detail is from the upper right part of the picture. I took the liberty of abstracting buildings and organic elements. That day was a warm and happy time, and I think the painting reflects that.