I thought I might finish it this weekend but I never stitch as fast as I think I can.OK--I love art, but never really have the cash to actually go and buy real art but my husband has this skill, he can copy almost anything so I found some picutres of art I liked, bought a couple of canvases and said "please paint these for me", or maybe it was "paint these for me or else". What's the or else? Or else I'll empty out the bank account purchasing art for the house. The pictures below are the spousal unit's vision of the art I showed him. These are for use in our home, he's not going to sell them, so I hope showing them here is ok.
Yes, the pictures are wonky. I thought I had a picture of this finished mermaid fraktur alone but I don't so accept the fact that I threw this arrangement up on the wall to see how it would look and didn't really worry about if things were hanging straight. The cross stitch surrounding are CHS Mairmaid's Song to the left, Barrick Sampler's The Mermaid at the top and CHS Sirens of the Sea to the right.
The canvas size is 16x20.
Here is the one he finished last night. Once again the canvas is 16x20:
8 comments:
Cool paintings! Looking forward to seeing your answers and more of Beneath the Sunlit Sky.
Melissa,
WOW!! He's really talented. Lucky you!
I love them...they are very folky...my style!
Your DH is a very talented fellow! I love those paintings! And your stitching looks great, too! :)
Hi Melissa,
I saw the link to your blog on the Jane Austen group. First I love your CHS mermaids! You did a beautiful job. I have all three of these to stitch - why haven't I done them yet?
I think your husband's art work is wonderful! Have you or he ever heard of outsider art? That is the type of art that I buy because I prefer the creative side of it to the much more serious art. Congratulations to his talent and yours for stitching!
Fantastic Melissa! The combination of stitching and painting is a great idea. Lucky you and lucky hubby too. Do the boys do artsy stuff or are they interested at all? I am guessing that Adam and Eve will grace a wall of similar themed stitching?
Very awesome paintings! The mermaid one looks great with your pieces!
Your "spousal unit" is quite the gifted artist. Give him a pat on the back for me.
Suzann
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