hang it up
I’ve had particularly good luck with art this season, so I thought I should devote a post to prints and paintings I’ve found recently. Please forgive the timestamp on the pictures- I have a new camera.
I’ll end up selling most of these but meanwhile I’m enjoying them
These two equestrian painting are watercolors I bought at the Big Flea in Chantilly, VA. The dealer told me he had had a lot of them- I got two of the last ones. I’m pretty sure they are studies for larger paintings.
The name of the artist is JW Dunn- apparantly an illustrator. So far I can’t find any info. My guess is that these are from the early to mid-twenties.
Later in the summer I saw a large painting in NYC that was surely by the same person. Weird! This artist is following me around.
That dealer said she had found it at an estate sale in Maryland- so the artist had some connection to the VA/MD area- I’d love to find out more. I’m sure I’ll find another piece of this puzzle eventually.
This huge pastel portrait actually made me laugh out loud when I found it. I may not be able to part with it. Growing up, I knew several women who could have been the subject (which is beautifully done, by the way- but holy night- she is one scary mother! ) I hear someone cracking an ice tray every time I walk by it, and there js a ghostly whiff of Elizabeth Arden and cigarettes.
She’s obviously in a foul humor. Maybe her daughter grew up and wrote a book.
I’ll save the rest for another post.
September 15th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
yay mommy!
September 15th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I LOVE SEEING PICS OF SOME OF THE AWESOME MARKETS YOU HAVE TAKEN ME TO!!! IT BRINGS BACK FUN, FUN MEMORIES AND THEN I WALK AROUND MY HOUSE AND JUST SMILE AT THE DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH THAT I FOUND WITH YOU! I WANNA GO AGAIN!! ANY ONE THAT PASSES UP A TRIP WITH SARA THINKING THEY CAN DO IT ON THERE OWN WITH BE VERY DISSAPOINTED AND HOPEFULLY WON’T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN. SARA IS A WALKING GPS SYSTEM AND REMEMBERS WHAT TREASURE YOU SAW AND WHERE SO WHEN YOU ARE BUMMED YOU DIDN’T BUY IT AND CAN’T REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS OR WHO THE DEALER WAS OR HOW MUCH IT WAS , ETC., ETC….SHE CAN TELL YOU EVERY DETAIL AND TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT!!!! IT’S TRULY INCREDIBLE AND SOMETHING YOU WILL LOVE EXPERIENCING YOURSELF!
September 16th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
woot! i just love that you are doing this.
will add you to my reader. link away, my friend.