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Chicago Painted by a Texan
aka Moon over Chicago

3 ft by 4 ft
HUGE

A Painting a Day

in celebration of Tom's 50th Birthday!

!!!!Happy Birthday!!!!



Well for the past three years I have promised Tom a painting for his den. I wasn't very swift with carry through on this one, but since he is celebrating the big 50 this weekend, and all his brothers and sisters are in from CHICAGO to Dallas.... I did the deed this week! I was figuring a mere nicely sized 24 x 36 inch painting, but Tom wanted 3 ft by 4 ft. This is on the tail end of another commission piece that went to Arizona that is 3 ft by 4 ft....no wonder my back and shoulders hurt. I had to crank the easel down to accomodate these huge canvas.


This painting was fun as I studied the photos I had of the Chicago skyline. The stretched gallery canvas is a tougher surface than the night landscapes I have been doing on Masonite, but I hung in there and pushed the paint to the limit trying to keep my colors from being muddy... and giving the delight of a city at night. I hope he enjoys the painting because it is his baby now! This afternoon my LOVING daughter will pick me and the WET CANVAS up and we will drive the 30 miles to Tom's home. I will prepare him to have nails in the wall....It can hang around there to dry! I will even bring a can of Bob Ross' prevarnish and in two weeks he can unhang it, cart it out side and varnish it with two of three layers. It will sparkle then!!!

Happy Birthday my dear friend ~

Grace,
Laurie

"Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of him." 1John 5:14-15

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