Monday, June 25, 2007

A Beautiful Time

Mother's Legacy (XVIII): Mia
March 2007/Reworked April 2007
Mixed media on canvas
610x910x35mm

This work recently sold to a mother to hang in her daughter's bedroom. I wrote to her & said...

I am so pleased that you will have the painting. I imagined it would hang in a child’s room as a type of blessing…so it has worked out perfectly. If you look closely you will see a piece of dressmaking tissue. It is a piece for the back of a garment. This references the way I liked to sleep as a baby & later as a child – on my front. The covering of the quilt with all sorts of colours, moons & stars is symbolic of the way in which a mother covers her child for sleep, tucking the child in with a story from colourful imaginary lands, & songs. Just a beautiful time that passes so quickly...

5 comments:

Moira Marshall said...

Love the colours in this Elizabeth! And the thoughtful story behind your inspiration is lovely...
Cheers, Moira.

Elizabeth Love (née Acheson) said...

Thanks for taking time to leave a message, Moira. I know the lovely colours in books I had as a child have influenced my work...

Ed Maskevich said...

What a wonderful mother to give her child a gift of art. What a wonderful to be the artist that inspired the gift.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful, wonderful work. The fact that it is now hanging in a young girls bedroom. That would just make me smile everytime I thought of it. How wonderful!
*HUGS*

Elizabeth Love (née Acheson) said...

Hi Ed. It's all good. Nice to have you back.

Hello Angela. I'm very pleased how it turned out.