This Painting is Available, see below
I took one of my beloved trips to York, Maine. Besides the required trip to Stonewall Kitchens for tastes of all their goodies
and lunch, I like to go to the John Hancock Wharf. It is a beautiful spot on
the York River. It has a nice pier and it also shares the location with a great
gallery, the George Marshall Store Gallery.
This is a great little gallery that has contemporary and
traditional art. I'd like them to represent me some day. It was the store that
sold the stuff that John Hancock's Wharf unloaded. Eventually it became a
central trading spot for all kinds of merchandise. So the spot has history, and
art, and lots of beauty.
It was a gorgeous day and I did not have the pink chair
with me but I decided I would paint anyway, because conditions were so perfect.
I set up my paints and easel on the wharf (found shade and a great view) and
started laying out my composition and getting in a few base colors on a small
piece of paper. I suddenly did a double take. There, in the upper left of what
was going to be my composition, was a pink Adirondack chair just like mine,
with other colors. It was in the perfect spot for my composition. I literally
had not seen any of the chairs when I set up. Did you put it there, Mom? I
swear I hadn't seen it at all. As my sister Georgie said, Cool…..what I
thought of is that the chairs with "Mom" were her friends
visiting. She would so much more enjoy a beautiful day with others than
alone, right? Well, I gladly
painted them in.
I am now sharing my current show with my readers and daily paintworks viewers. This show is currently traveling and will be available for purchase after the travel is completed, around mid-2014. Art work may be held until then with a 10% down payment. E-mail me or see my pink chair project blog, for details
This exhibit tells the story about painting a pink plastic Adirondack chair. The chair represents my mother, Carolyn Elizabeth Pedersen Schulte, of Rochester, NY, who passed on June 5th, 2011. She was a wonderful woman, full of love for everyone around her, and she loved this bright color pink. She was proud of me as an artist and would love what I am doing. I take the chair to favorite places of hers and to places or situations I know she would have liked. It is a way for me to grieve and to celebrate her life. I talk to her as I paint and make sure that she would want to be where the chair has been placed.
