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| Family - It is the Heart! |
Family is wonderful, but there are times when it is not so easy. I chose to put all the words that came to me - the happy ones and the hard ones. Family is not a "Norman Rockwell" painting, but it is the heart and soul of who we are. (By the way as I understand it, Norman Rockwell was not trying to depict the perfect life - he was trying to uplift people and give them hope. I listened to a radio interview about him and it opened my eyes up to the meaning behind his paintings. It gave me a new perspective on his work. Totally interesting...)
Two languages are used in my family. My husband and two children are bilingual. I'm english with a bit of french under my belt. We live in a small french-canadian village which is slowly becoming less french, so there is a lot of effort to preserve the language and the traditions. It's a culture I love, and also part of my heritage as my paternal grandparents were bilingual, so I'm behind them 100%. The french words are a representation of this and how it is such a part of my family. I chose to make my list of words in english because it is a lot easier to do five words in french than look up all those other words in the french-english dictionary!!!
The background is pen and watercolor. It is overlaid with tissue applied with a matte gel. I love how the watercolor heart creates a stained glass effect, letting us see the words behind it. The edges are rubbed with a chinese white pastel pencil.
It is going to a wonderful artist and woman in Georgia named Vickie Martin. Her work is fabulous. It's worth checking her out at http://vickiemartin.net/.
Hugs to your family ♥
--Leah
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