What makes me sad about this little oil painting, is the artist that has given so much time and detail to it, yet here I find a small basket of around 10 gum leaf oil paintings that have somehow found there way into a charitable shop in Cheltenham. The artist signed some of the leaves as 'Noelle'. Has she donated her paintings? Has someone else? Every op shop treasure has a history, it would be interesting to hear the story behind Noelle's little leaf art pieces.
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9 comments:
Thats amazing - what a very delicate painting.
It must be very small and very fragile!
That is sad that they have ended up there.
what a beautiful post! such a warm thought for a very fine artist indeed. i find intriguing that so many artists NEVER find their way to the bigger channel of recognition. not that it matters in the end. but it would make life a little different, at times, for the artist, to say the least...
it is a great, great find too!
I think the artist who put so much work into it would be glad that you found it and that it now has a home amongst your treasures.
How remarkable that it has survived in one piece! I too often wonder about the stories op shop goodies could tell.
I often speculate about how things made it into the op-shops, I think there is an element of melancholy about the whole thing really.
how beautiful. its nice to see its found a special new home where it will be truly appreciated!
but the story has a nice ending ... the painting has gone to a home where it will be loved and respected.
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A lovely story, and what a find. I'll be searching for something similar now. Well done you and the artist.
I have been seeing intricate tapestries and cross-stitch framed works and thinking the same thing.
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