MISSION LADY FINISHED PLUS

This is the finished painting of Our Lady of the Mission.  She is off in the mail, donated to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco for their You Are Beautiful Exhibition.   Previously I said she was a pay-it -forward project.  This is the story.  Last week just before Christmas my husband was at work at his part time job in a retail store.  A man came in with a wad of cash.  He peeled off a one hundred dollar bill and gave it to my husband, saying God has been good to him and he is passing it on. 

With nothing else really to give as a pay-it-forward,  I painted this Lady and donated it to the Mission Cultural Center for their upcoming show. I recall some of the donated art we got when I worked at a local art center, and since these places were hurt a lot by the economic downturn and the cutting of  government art grants, every penny counts toward keeping these centers open.  Hopefully it will sell, and the Center can keep the profits.  If it does not sell, at least it will be displayed somewhere in the streets of San Francisco after the show, and perhaps someone will benefit from the love that went into painting it.

OUR LADY OF THE MISSION

11x14 acrylic and gold leaf on canvas board

loosely modeled after St. Margaret by Filippino Lippi 1457-1504

Since I brought my art table in from the garage I figured I might as well put it to use so I have made use of the time off work during these holidays to paint a couple of other things. Small things.

Winter Scene

Gouache  4 1/2 x 6

Path through a Garden

Gouache  4 1/2 x 6

My message to you through the rest of this holiday season,

and for always:



OUR LADY OF THE MISSION

This is what I am working on now.  It's the first piece of art I have been serious about in almost 4 years.  Maybe my muse is trying to return.  This Mission Lady  is not finished.  I still have to add a veil, and complete the halo and some touch-up stuff. She might get some gold leaf.   She is much brighter than the faded look this picture shows.   If she turns out the way I am hoping, I will be donating this artwork to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco.  This is for the "You Are Beautiful Exhibition" which runs from January 14 through February 25.    

If anyone is interested in joining this exhibition,  let me know and I'll send you the information.   If your art sells, you'll receive 60%.  If it does not sell it could be installed in the streets of San Francisco, or you can have it returned to you. Deadline is Jan.6.

I am donating this artwork as part of a "pay it forward", which is another whole story for a later time. 

Happy Holidays!