Paintings Group • 4
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Title: Mary Polly, a little decolletage, some fluting and a pout
Sub Text: Mary Polly’s mother lavished upon her rich and costly clothing, porcelain dolls and extravagant toys trying to take her mind away from her missing father. He had been in the Queen’s Service since Mary Polly was born and now, nine years later he was missing in that service. To Mary Polly’s dismay even the Queen could not solve the mystery. Letters had been written to her but she never answered. The child dreamt constantly of the far off, mysterious lands her father had described to her in the letters sent before he vanished. All the gay trappings of a pampered childhood served no purpose to diminish her sadness. Mary Polly put her photo, taken by Mr. Gutenberg in Bristol, into an envelope and waited in vain for an address. Category: Painting Date of Work: January 2011 Size Framed: 13 3/4” x 13 3/4” Size Unframed: 10 3/4” x 10 3/4” Medium: Oil Substrate: Gessoed wood panel Further Information: The bird is an egyptian white throated kingfisher The flowers pinned in the draping - saraca Indica - the sorrowless tree The butterfly from Bandhavgarth India Collection - Elizabeth and Eddie Moultrie, Atlanta |
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Title: Max and His Imagination • Tuesday October 4th
Sub Text: Max stood on the curb, machzor in hand and yet imagined himself on the cover of his favorite dime novel. He recited his tashlich for the new year and pictured his Aunt’s table resplendent with honey cake, apples and pomegranates. The New Year should be sweet as honey. His thoughts drifted to assuming the roll of Fairchild in “Playing the Market” - or - “A Keen Boy on Wall Street”. He would save Miss Parsons from the bomb which had “demoralized the furniture, generally” and spend the afternoon investing his family’s small savings for high return. Later he would walk with his family to the Hudson to cast away the year’s sins and begin anew. He knew his own story would someday be one of “The Boy Who Made Money”. Category: Drawing - Mixed Media Date of Work: February 28, 2005 Size Framed: Size Unframed: 9"x7 1/4" Medium: Pencil, Colored Pencil, Watercolor and Gouache Substrate: Prepared wood panel Further Information: The year is 1911 Collection - Sally Hansell, Atlanta |
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Title: Miovasu at 15 - Daughter of Cross Feathers - Southern Cheyenne
Poetry or Literary Inclusion: "The settler and the pioneer have at bottom had justice on their side. This continent could not have been kept as nothing but a playground for squalid savages." Theodore Roosevelt, from The Winning of the West Sub Text:Even though Teddy didn’t know her he harbored great disdain and disrespect for Miovasu, her father Cross Feathers, and all Native American Peoples. Running roughshod over the plains, the illustrious Mr. Roosevelt lusted for the kill of a Bison. Even the recognition of the animal’s disappearance from the land did nothing to curb his appetite for the kill. On the lawn, white flannel, crisp linen and an air of apparent gentility created a false picture of the civilized. One person’s vision of Utopia became the other’s experience of degradation. Category: Painting Date of Work: Completed - February 2002 Size Framed: Size Unframed: 31"x31" Medium: Acrylic and collage Substrate: Canvas Further Information: From a photo by D. L. Gill, 1908 Collection - Rabun County Public Library - Clayton, Georgia |
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Title: Mr. W. L. Taylor • 1885 • Cooperstown, New York • From a photograph by Arthur Telfer Poetry or Literary Inclusion: Out in the world he makes his mark, • Danger and fear dispising, • E'er soaring upward like the lark, • My Brethren: "We are rising!" - George Clinton Rowe - 1890 - African/American Poet -" We Are Rising " Category: Painting Date of Work: 1996 Size Framed: 30" x 25.5" Size Unframed: 20" x 24" Medium: Acrylic on canvas Further Information: Dream Images: The beaver - To dream of beavers, foretells that you will obtain comfortable circumstances by patient striving. The mistletoe -To dream of mistletoe, foretells happiness and great rejoicing. The strawberry - To dream of strawberries, is favorable to advancement and pleasure. You will obtain some long wished-for object. To eat them, denotes requited love. The shaving mug and brush refer to Mr. Taylor's profession as a barber. Again, as in Mrs. Taylor's painting, all of these images refer to the apparent success and happiness of the couple and their achievements in life. Private Collection • Atlanta |
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Title: Mrs. W. L. Taylor • 1885 • Cooperstown, New York • From a photograph by Arthur Telfer
Poetry or Literary Inclusion: In farming, trade and literature, • A people enterprising! • Our churches, schools, and home life pure, • Tell to the world WE'RE RISING! - George Clinton Rowe - 1890 / African - American Poet Category: Painting Date of Work: 1996 Size Framed: 30" x 25.5" Size Unframed: 20" x 24" Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Further Information: Dream Images: The Java Sparrow - To dream of sparrows, denotes that you will be surrounded with love and comfort, and this will cause you to listen with kindly interest to tales of woe, and your benevolence will gain you popularity. The cherries - To dream of cherries, denotes you will gain popularity by your amiability and unselfishness. The walnuts - To dream of walnuts, is an omen significant of prolific joys and sorrows. The oil lamp - To see lighted lamps burning with a clear flame, indicates merited rise in fortune and domestic bliss. The plate of peas - Dreaming of eating peas, augurs robust health and the accumulation of wealth. All of these images were used to re-enforce the positive and successful aspects of Rowe's poem and the seeming success in life of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. Private Collection • Atlanta |