Karen, painted yesterday, from a picture, taken, in 1967. by Ozcloggie
Didn’t mean it to happen but it’s yet another nostalgia trip.
I found myself getting a knowing look, when I said something like that, in the art class, today (Hazelhurst). 
About every two weeks or so, I’ve brought in a painting which has been a portrait and which had stories attached. 
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You are so very talented with your portraiture! I congratulate you on this work!! And what’s wrong with nostalgia? Isn’t one of the reasons we live to create memories?? :-)
Thank you, Wynity. I guess it’s a matter of balance. Make them, as well as remember them.
Thank you for having a look, so quickly!!
– Ozcloggie
this is so excellent!
Thanks, Karin. I painted Karen as a kind of trial. Daughter walked past a photo of my parents, on the steps of the town-hall, in Gouda, in april, 1941, after their marriage ceremony and said: _Why don’t you paint that, Dad? Do a black-and-white painting.
So I thought I’d practise on much simpler content.
I happen to like the original picture quite a bit. It was from the days when I’d been into developing and printing my own black and white photos, for about three years.
The principal of the near-by primary school, allowed me to use a store-room, as a dark room.
I like this limited palette Jo.
Thanks, Marilyn. Melissa even commented that on the original photo, she liked the way the face blended into the white background. So I spent a bit of time, in the class, painting at least the right-hand side white (again).
( I also played the accordion for 20 minutes ~ as it was, yet again, the last day of a term~. ) :)
– Ozcloggie
Beautiful painting! master, her eyes catch my attention so much, and the colors! refreshing.
Thank you en bedankt! I was actually pleased with the original photo too. Karen was just being cute and putting her head on that post, when I was taking pictures.
I hope you have time to take a look at dutchaustralians.ning.com to see a little of what Dutch-Australians do. I believe I put a link to your work there too. I hope! I did it late last night and probably filled it up too much.
– Ozcloggie
beautiful, love her eyes! ;-) xox
Thank you. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I think the word: capture can be over-used a bit, in Redbubble but the photo I took of Karen, that day, in 1967, when she just leant on the post being cheeky was such a thing. It seemed a perfect subject for a painting.
Wish she could see it, almost 40 years later!
– Ozcloggie
I am so sorry Jo, my watchlist is overflowing and I seem to have missed out on commenting on a few works. This one in particular is really well executed. Love your use of a restricted palette, she really jumps out of the canvas …. really well done.
Thanks Sooz. Did this because my daughter suggested, in passing, that I ought to do a painting from the (old) black-and-white photo of my parents, coming down the town-hall steps, when they were married, in 1941.
Meant this to be a practice to do that but am still not convinced. In a funny way I feel I shuld not be putting my interpretation on that moment.
Great work!
you are such a talented artist and a wonderful man, i am in awe of your abilities.
thank you for sharing your views and talent with us :))) k
Thanks so much, Kristina. I’ve had such a range of reactions, here on Redbubble, recently. Thanks for reassuring me.
(Just viewed your work, too and very much like your choice of subjects – and the way in which you present them.)
– Ozcloggie