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Old Cabin, primitive decor, folk art primitives

by Ellen Morris
(Florida)

Sweet Memories, primitive decor, folk art primitives

Dear Mr. Phelps, I just finished your ebook. I enjoyed it but I would rather have a dvd to show me how to paint by watching you in action. I am new to painting. I do not have the years that many have. I live in a small area of Northwest Florida and I love to paint the wilds of our creeks and swamps. Attached are some of my paintings. I would love to have a dvd, as I mentioned so I can watch you do your paintings. Two are of the Holmes Creek area near Vernon, Fl and the old home place I was raised. Thanks, Ellen Morris

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Aug 05, 2010
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OLD HOME PLACE
by: Anonymous

This reminds me of my old home place the house I was raised in brings back great memories.

Aug 05, 2010
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OLD HOME PLACE
by: Anonymous

This reminds me of my old home place the house I was raised in brings back great memories.

Aug 02, 2010
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Sweet Memories
by: Ellen

Thank you for your kinds words. This painting took a while for me to paint and I have tried the wet on wet, but never got the hang of it. Maybe I will try it again sometime. I feel encouraged by what you have to say about others. Sometimes it takes people to get older to slow down enough to realize the gift that has been waiting to be used that is within them.

Jan 07, 2010
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Primitive Folk Art, wet in wet technique
by: Anonymous

Hi Ellen,

What a wonderful, colorful representation of your old homestead. This style of painting is very popular these days, and I encourage you to continue. My own parents have 2 such paintings hanging in their home by another artist that started her career late in life.

Here's a little history on this famous folk art painter:

Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma Moses) was born on September 7, 1860 in Greenwich New York. She was a farmer's wife and raised five children. She didn't begin to paint until her mid 70's.

The art she worked with before painting was embroidery work with colorful scenes on canvas but when her hands became stiff with arthritis, she switched to painting. Her first picture was painted on a piece of canvas with house paint.

In 1938 when she was almost eighty, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector noticed her work in a drugstore window and bought her first paintings. In 1939, Otto Kallir, art dealer first exhibited her scenes of rural life at his Gallerie Saint-Etienne in New York City. Her one-woman show was the start of her national recognition.

In 1949, President Harry S. Truman presented her with the Women's National Press Club Award for outstanding accomplishment in art.

Her work is now called primitive art, a simple and clear style and her theme was American rural life. Many primitive artists have not had formal training yet seem to paint in a natural way. Grandma drew from her memory and captured activities such as capturing the Thanksgiving turkey, Halloween night on the farm and having a family reunion picnic.

At age 100, she even illustrated a book entitled, The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore. Grandma Moses died on December 13, 1961. She lived to be 101 and in the last year of her life painted twenty-five pictures.

Moral of the story? It's never too late to start to paint!

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Jan 07, 2010
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Hi Ellen, What a wonderful, colorful representation of your old homestead. This style of painting is very popular these days, and I encourage you to continue. My own parents have 2 such paintings hanging in their home by another artist that started her career late in life. Here's a little history on this famous folk art painter: Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma Moses) was born on September 7, 1860 in Greenwich New York. She was a farmer's wife and raised five children. She didn't begin to paint until her mid 70's. The art she worked with before painting was embroidery work with colorful scenes on canvas but when her hands became stiff with arthritis, she switched to painting. Her first picture was painted on a piece of canvas with house paint. In 1938 when she was almost eighty, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector noticed her work in a drugstore window and bought her first paintings. In 1939, Otto Kallir, art dealer first exhibited her scenes of rural life at his Gallerie Saint-Etienne in New York City. Her one-woman show was the start of her national recognition. In 1949, President Harry S. Truman presented her with the Women's National Press Club Award for outstanding accomplishment in art. Her work is now called primitive art, a simple and clear style and her theme was American rural life. Many primitive artists have not had formal training yet seem to paint in a natural way. Grandma drew from her memory and captured activities such as capturing the Thanksgiving turkey, Halloween night on the farm and having a family reunion picnic. At age 100, she even illustrated a book entitled, The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore. Grandma Moses died on December 13, 1961. She lived to be 101 and in the last year of her life painted twenty-five pictures. Moral of the story? It's never too late to start to paint!

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