Friday, September 2, 2011

Illustration Friday Topic-Mysterious

It's always interesting to see the things that people save as mementos to remind them of an event that was important to them. To the outsider it may have no value at all and the mysterious importance of the item would be lost to them. I think it's nice to pass along the stories that go with these saved mysterious items to the generations that follow.
This image is in oils on board and was done for a story with those thoughts in mind.

6 comments:

  1. The painting is so sweet. I can only imagine what surprise she has found inside. Thanks for posting, it brought back some happy memories from my child hood. My father always gave me jewelry and I kept it safe in a box. He's been gone a few years now, but the small treasures from childhood are still with me. Beautiful painting.

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  2. I have a child who loves boxes of all kinds too. Nice expressive face!

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  3. Wow, this is beautiful, so wonderful!

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  4. This is beautiful. And you left a mystery for us to guess what's in the box...

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  5. There's a wonderful quality of light to this. Great handling of the topic, too. Hmmm...what IS in the box??

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