Ruth Mitchell Christensen
20" x 24" Oil on Linen
This is my mom. I painted her for my father about a year after she died. He gave me an old sepia photograph to work with that she had given him after they first met.
Ruth was a teacher and this depicts her first year in a one-room country school in north western Pennsylvania (Spring Creek - near Corry).
Painting this portrait was a healing for both my father and me.
Portrait Artist Karin Wells, Historical portraits
knowing who it is, explains why it may be my favorite piece out of all your beautiful paintings. I wish I could see the work and the paint surface in person... your work is incredible. Proof that you can work from photos and not lose the quality that makes a painting a painting and very much alive. The emotional connection is very evident. She is very beautiful. I love the way you introduce text in such a way that it adds a great deal, and does not detract. sometimes I think the greatest artists have the greatest humility...
ReplyDeleteall the best, jp.