Sunflowers
©L. Grimley
Orange you glad it’s Friday is a brand new meme, just started today and I’m happy to be taking part in it.
What I’m sharing today is a painting my mother did in the ’70s. Her name is Muriel Bolles Sigretto Thompson – but she always used the name Sigretto on her paintings. She comes from a line of painters – her cousins, mother, sisters and brother, and now me, her daughter, and from what I hear, my grand-daughter, Stephanie, is very interested in drawing – mostly horses, of course, since she has two of them and loves them greatly .
Sunflowers is an oil on canvas and it has a lot of texture since mother threw in a lot of sand to build up the centers of the flowers. Muriel passed away December 14, 2010 at the ripe old age of 100.5 years. She was still keeping her hands busy even when she was 97!
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Wonderful art work and perfect for Orange Friday. Nice tribute to your Mother♫
Thanks. I know Orange Friday is supposed to be photos but when I went looking in my photo album this was the first orange that hit me. Next week – a photo!
love it
Thank you!
thats a beautiful painting lessandra.
Thanks Sharma 😉 Or should I call you Trish or Trisha?
A great submission! Thanks for participating in the first Orange You Glad It’s Friday. Hope to see you back next week!
Sarah
Hood Photo Blog
I’m glad I found you. Now I must gets busy and find something for next Friday!
I know how treasured these paintings by our ancesters are… I have a painting of roses painted by my Greatgrandmother … painted just after the Civil War…. It’s the only physical connection I have to her … together with her pallet…. Since I was named for her I’ve always wondered what she was like.
They really are treasured. And I want to share Mom’s work with others. In fact, I’d rather see most all of her work auctioned off or sold, because then I’d know the paintings were in the hands of people that appreciate art and not stuck in a relatives attic or cellar. Or worse yet, in the Salvation Army or Goodwill. I’ve bought many a painting at the thrift stores because I felt sad for the artist – that his/her work ended up in a thrift store. Have you tried to research your great-grandmother on the internet? It’s amazing sometimes what you can find on a relative that has long been gone!