Alice
is my paternal Grandmother. I had always thought of her as a typical
woman of her era – living in the shadow of her husband. How wrong I
was, I have been researching family history and found that she was
the mainstay of the the family.
I
want to correct this image my generation have of her and honour her
as a proverbs 31 woman. She lived her life to the full. For more
about Alice see my Stand on Faith blog.
Every
week on Fridays I will post work with the verses of Proverbs 31. I
will not necessarily use the same techniques in each work as I want
to experiment with media and styles.
(This
was created by using a painting I completed a couple of years ago. I
used photoshop and some calligraphic artwork and and lots of layers
and fiddled a lot!)
The women in my family also have tended to be very strong. I like your image very much.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit and comments I appreciate very much.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful painting! She looks like a strong woman. I have never tried painting real people before! Patsy from
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Your layers are amazing and really contribute to the strength she portrays. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI agree with above comments... she does portray strength. The Proverbs 31 woman is certainly something to strive for - and I so often fall so short!
ReplyDeleteShe is lovely and so well done ~ lovely idea for your posting ~~ thanks, namaste, (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeletePowerful piece!! Oh how true that is!! Behind every successful man is a good woman!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Giggles
I think this is so cool what you're doing. As Giggles said...very powerful piece.
ReplyDeletehow wonderful it is to revive figures from our past! this portrait is magnificent - she is seen as full of character & strenght
ReplyDeleteI'm going to enjoy your series. Beautiful artwork. I used to get discouraged when I read about the Prov. 31 woman. But I'm sure she didn't automatically become here...lots of work on her part. So each day I work a litter harder and ask God to mold me into His woman.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tribute to this wonderful woman! I like all that you did here.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely. Don't you love digging up information and history about people, makes them come back to life almost. :) And I love the surprises and discoveries as well.
ReplyDeletelovely!
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