Kansas Wakins Webster

Deborah Glasgow

Kansas Wakins Webster

Acrylic on 28”x30” canvas

Portrait of my Great Grandmother

Featured in ‘Southern United States Artists’
Featured in ‘Da Da Land’

Painted in the style of Van Gogh after doing a study of him

My sister, Mary Carolyn, the smart one in the family, told me our great grandmother had 10 children and was a hard working, no nonsense woman of few words who said what she meant and meant what she said, but was also kind and fair.

This was painted from an old black and white photo. It looked as though she had a tweed jacket on so I thought Van Gogh’s Self Portrait would suit her jacket well.

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Kansas Wakins Webster by Deborah Glasgow
Kansas Wakins Webster by Deborah Glasgow
  • Marsha Elliott

    Marsha Elliott 21 days ago

    Great comlimentary colors & you did a fabulous job on the tweed jacket. That must’ve taken forever & a day!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 21 days ago

    Yes, it did. I painted this in 1999 and I remember it seemed like forever to paint that jacket…..:)

  • banrai

    banrai 20 days ago

    looks very vincent to me, great paint, fine image

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 20 days ago

    Good eye…..yes in vincent’s style…..

  • sarahhoffman

    sarahhoffman 20 days ago

    DEBORAH..W T F!.. we should forge ahead as co-Queens of faces….you ROCK!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 20 days ago

    Sarah! Wow…..let’s just do it….lol…..Thank you dear friend :D

  • Shylie Edwards

    Shylie Edwards 20 days ago

    so so so good…also compliment of her jacket!!! so smart!!!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 20 days ago

    Hello Shylie…..thank you so much. This was painted from an old black and white photo and this is what she is wearing in the photo….just wasn’t sure what color the jacket was, but it did look to be tweed. Thank you again for commenting :)

  • Richard Tuvey

    Richard Tuvey 20 days ago

    What a wonderful portrait. To answer your question, no I didn’t paint whilst I was there, I am very much a studio painter who makes an awful mess whilst working and I think I would have been deported because of it.

  • banrai

    banrai 20 days ago

    obvious I would have thought… all else not important..

  • Julie-Ann Vellios

    Julie-Ann Vellios 20 days ago

    What a strong and dignified lady – I really love your portraits because they are painted with such passion and great feeling. There is a resemblance between you – I think the shape of the face is very similar to yours.

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 20 days ago

    Yes, that is what I’ve been told by my family. I never knew her. Painted her after Van Gogh’s ‘self portrait’ and another one ‘Old Peasant’. I painted this 10 years ago when I was studing Van Gogh. The man was brillant and what a pitiful life he had. Thank you for commenting, Julie-Ann

  • madvlad

    madvlad 20 days ago

    a good act to follow, he seeps into my art off and on too, i love him,for the battle against rejections from every corner of his life and in the end self, rejection,i have seen many of his original art pieces and could not walk away, i wanted so bad to touch his mom,s painting, he did,when i saw it-alone one day,may he has his powers, but in a more peaceful way,she is a master work from your heart

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 19 days ago

    So true, Walt. I have always admired him and thought it would be fun to do something like this. I appreciate him even more because it took me a very long time to do the jacket and he whipped out paintings in one day. But, I learned a lot by painting this.

  • F.A. Moore

    F.A. Moore 16 days ago

    Congratulations on your feature in SUSA!


    Southern United States Artists

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 16 days ago

    I am so happily surprised! Thank you so very much, Frannie :D

  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez 16 days ago

    wow.. i would love to say wow again:) this is soooo beautifully done. congratulation on your feature!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 16 days ago

    Kind comment, indeed…...Thank you very much, Isa

  • mmargot

    mmargot 11 days ago

    A real talent to “get” the reality from a black & white and family history and translate it into a powerful image like this. I bet she would like it…

  • Deborah Glasgow

    Deborah Glasgow 11 days ago

    What a kind thing to say…..I so appreciate it..Thank you very much

  • Danit Elgev

    Danit Elgev 11 days ago

    Beautiful! love the sweater’s texture a lot!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 11 days ago

    Thank you, Danit

  • DevineDayDreams

    DevineDayDreams 11 days ago

    Thta is AWESOME!!!! You are truly GREAT!!!!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 11 days ago

    You make me blush….Thank you so much : )

  • cobbybrook

    cobbybrook 10 days ago

    Excellent portrait and glorious use of colour!

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 10 days ago

    Hi, Martin, Thanks!

  • margaretfraser

    margaretfraser 4 days ago

    love this the texture on the jacket and the color is brilliant

  • Deborah Glasgow replied 4 days ago

    Thank you so much….and you can thank Van Gogh, too…..he’s the best!

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