A friend and I went shopping for Art Books and Magazines this week ...we needed to flee the country side to the city and get some
inspiration! It always works! After pouring through the magazines on journaling ...I don't know exactly why, but I drew this little dress called
"My Favorite Gypsie Dress"...it is not like the one I had that I loved to twirl in, but I like this one better....kind of a "taylored" flair...!? Anyway, I just wrote on it what I felt ....and that was
cherished memories of my Mother who sewed all my clothes...I still have a few of the baby dresses.
Drawing and painting them is even more fun, because they always turn out good and the fit doesn't matter....just the fun imagined wearing it.
I lived in Leon, Spain as a child for three years.....with no other Americans there that we knew of...and
little girls didn't even think of wearing slacks or pants outfits yet! I even rode a donkey with a dress on...at least when no one was watching...otherwise I would put on those
corduroy peddle pushers that Mother ordered from Sears and Roebuck...they were black and white leopard with red cuffs!...and that was in 1957 ! I had two pair and my little Spanish friend Maria Luisa, would sneak them on when she stayed over at my house and we would ride the donkey in the back field. She was from a wealthy family...and we would watch the limousine go down the road disappearing with her Chauffeur and "mean" Governess in the car...her parents allowing her to come to our house for a little taste of Texan Americans. What great memories and how a piece of clothing can refresh old memories.
Thanks Mom and Dad for a cherished childhood in Spain!! I miss you both...
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"Four Friends for Life"
"After Baptism singing the song, Wading in the Water.."
Five Friends Forever...
Field ofBluebonnets in front of the church
This one was hand sewn onto a pillow with crochet...
"Me in the red dress as a little girl on the right path..."
Baptism at the Lake
Woman with red Sunday hat...
Auntie and me.......and below My Daddy picking cotton.
I got a knock on the door this week, and it was an old friend. Our children grew up together going to the same small country school. I remember when she and her husband shared how God called him (them)to start preaching the Good News....he was driving a truck and he heard God's Call, he stopped driving that truck and began preaching. Well, they both tell about the Good News of Jesus Christ at churches and all around, preaching now for many years. I got to read some of her biography....she is quite a woman with many accomplishments! A must read when it is published! And now Dorothy is telling the Good News in ART FORM....painting on anything she can get her hands on. We spent the whole day together talking and sharing about each one of her paintings, the story behind them and how she started in August of 2008. She beamed with excitement and love. She said, "You think I'm an artist?" I said, "You are absolutely an artist!!" She is a Daughter, Wife, Mother, Grand-Mother, Great-Grandmother ...and an Artist! Here are some of her first works that I am privileged to share....she was a bright gift in my week ......please respect the copyright of her paintings as they are not to be reproduced in anyway without the written consent of the artist and her publisher....There will more to come!! For any interest....contact me at sherry@greenpeck.com....she will be selling soon!
