Thursday, February 21, 2013

Found Paintings!

"Rockport, Maine," painted from a "picture card" as it says on the back of the cardboard that hid them from view.

No ID is on this winter farmyard scene. I have other similar farmyard paintings and most have a pond in the foreground. Even a charcoal drawing my aunt did at age 8-9 has a similar theme. I'm not really sure if it was a real farm, perhaps a local scene, or if it was a generic farm scene.

Two Watercolors Hidden in Frame for Decades
 
Earlier this week I needed a quick diversion so I decided to go up to the attic and peruse my belongings. I do this quite often! This time I asked the spirits that live up there to help me find something new and interesting I hadn't seen before, or hadn't seen in a very long time anyway! Before long, I was carting down a couple of old painting frames I thought I could use for some prints. As I took the cardboard backing off of one that looked "plain" from the front, I found these two watercolors! I have no idea who hid them or why they were turned around backwards not able to be seen. There is a name on the one of the Rockport, Maine scene, a name I've never heard of. I Google it and came up with nothing, either. All I can think of is that perhaps my aunt Hoohoo got them from a friend and put them away for safe keeping eventually forgetting about them. I've had these frames since the mid 1980s and they were in Hoohoo's attic before that. It's hard to believe I can still find new things in my collection and be surprised by my long-gone relatives. My friend Jane, the owner of the gallery that showed my work for well over a year but is now closed, says these are folk art in nature. I just can't believe how well-preserved they are. They look like they were painted yesterday. I'll get them framed as soon as I can afford to and give them a new lease on life!

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  1. I LOVE ANY PAINTING THAT HAVE CHURCHES OR OLD BARNS IN THEM. LOVE THOSE TWO PICTURES.
    I FEEL SO TIRED TONIGHT AND AS SOON AS AMERICAN IDOL IS OVER I'M OFF TO BED.GRAMPS SISTER FLEW IN FROM UP NORTH TODAY. GRAMPS TOOK HER OUT TO DINNER TONIGHT AND BROUGHT ME HOME CHICKEN AND DUMPLING FROM CRACKER BARREL IT WAS SO GOOD.

    THANKS FOR SHARING.

    GRANNY

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    1. chicken and dumplings sounds delicious! I have a package of chicken in the fridge. I think I'll find a recipe for you meal and make it this weekend.

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  2. Oh my goodness! How very cool! It's fun to think about who had them and why they were preserved as they were!
    We're having a great little snowstorm here right now-not enjoyable! hoping it warms up and rain replaces the snow as the moistuer of choice...
    thanks for sharing!
    M

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    1. Just another mystery at Chez Casey, lol! We're going to get that snowstorm this weekend, but so far, they're saying that the shoreline will get rain and interior Connecticut will get the snow. I hope so! I'd love to get rain and have it start melting the snow. So many sidewalks were never cleared that it makes it difficult to walk to town and do my errands. Stay warm and cozy, Mare!

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  3. You might want to learn about Sir Christopher Wren. He designed many of the churches throughout London during the 17thC. St Paul's is his most notable creation, but I am sure his more basic designs been copied throughout N. England.

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  4. What's really shocking is that you have an aunt Hoohoo.

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