Thursday, May 15, 2008

Fairly Recent Paintings

Oliver has always been very supportive of my declaration to make Tuesday night Art Night. In an effort to support my goal, he agreed to model for this painting back in December. It took about 45 minutes.

I created this painting from a photograph I took in Cambodia last August. It shows two young monks with their alms buckets. I love their bright orange robes and yellow umbrellas, which was a common sight in SE Asia. I was curious to know why it was so common to see the monks with yellow umbrellas, and learned that they use the umbrellas to protect their shaved heads from the hot sun, as well as the rain during the wet season. I still don't know why they're all yellow though...

2 comments:

Rachel Garner said...

Courtney, You are amazing! You always have been. I totally miss you. Are you still dating my dad's missionary? email me at racheldgarner@yahoo.com and i'll send you an invite to my blog. We can be buddies again. I just found Paul Perrin's blog and he lives in Baltimore. I gave him your email. Did he find you? I miss you. I love your art!

JD said...

so yeah, i pulled a complete blogstalk, but I remember the last time I was over at the house I enjoyed your paintings, so I couldn't help it. love your stuff. keep up the amazing work.