Girl with Mask, Part 2

When the painting still isn't finished ~ You add a bird! 

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I kept walking past this painting and doing a double take.  What is on that girl's shoulder?  It looks like a bird.  Okay, it was her bow.  However, because I kept seeing a bird, I decided that a bird should be there.  This is one of the many licenses I take when I paint.  I can't tell you how many times I have assembled a painting only to later tear it apart. 

Here she is with her mask pulled down! 

And here she is put back together.  Don't forget, you can pull the mask right off! 

SEE Feb 28, 2015 post. 

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Girl with Mask

The Removable Mask 

A Primitive Silhouette

**Update ~ Look at March 1, 2015 for a change to this painting

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Last Week I painted a watercolor of a little girl.  I put it on Etsy.  I kept looking at it and got an excellent idea.  I am in love with silhouettes, so I decided to paint one and put it over her face.  It's okay, she didn't care. 

I attached these prongs to the back of the silhouette that are inserted into little slits that were made with an Exacto Knife at the top of her dress where the frills are located.  

Her head is slightly oversized, which is folky and primitive and just fine with me.  I had to give her a big head to cover the portrait beneath. 

One of my favorite things about being an artist is that I can change anything up.  I can paint the  moon black and the sky light.  When you create, you take something that is nothing and make it into something.  Or something like that. 

I think she's sweet both ways and I have only ever done this one time before in 25 years.  I was having my house photographed a few years ago, some of you may remember, for Country Living.  I had a wall of silhouettes and needed just one more… So, I tore a painting apart of a man and turned it into a silhouette. 

This is what you see if you pull her mask off! 

Here's a sweet little grouping that shows the piece more in full.  Remember, this is a ONE of a KIND original.

This is for sale on Etsy! Please check my store out.  It is named KOLENESPICHER.  

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Kolene Spicher Portrait of a girl from the Romantic Era - HAND PAINTED

My heart with Pleasure Fills, 

Thinking 'bout my daffodils. 

My little girl portrait on an old book

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If you have been following my blog, you know that I am into round paintings these days.  This like the others, will be framed in the table-top frames that come from Italy.  This one is silver leafed and beautiful. 

The background was painted to simulate ivory 

I love this period in history, known as the Romantic Period.  Having actually originated in Europe, it was a direct response to the industrial Revolution.  

On the back of the painting, I have written the saying out (that you can see along the left side of the painting running up along the frame).  This is for us folks that use reading glasses! 

The scale of this still falls into the 'miniature' grouping; however, it is slightly larger as the image on this little piece is 5" wide.  The frame is gorgeous on the backside, too. 

This will be for sale on Etsy!  Look for a coupon code, because I run them regularly.  

I love the soft purple-like background.  

Here's another shot with the light hitting it slightly differently!  Check it out on Etsy at KOLENESPICHER

She is a one-of-a-kind in EVERY aspect.  The frame is handmade, too. 

Enjoy!

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