Angela

by Leanne Seymour

Title

Angela

Artist

Leanne Seymour

Medium

Mixed Media - Drawing, Mixed Media

Description

"This was an original drawing I did of my daughter as a baby over 40 years ago. I did it on possibly butchers paper at the time in pencil only and had it framed and gave it to my mother at the time. I was knee deep in small children and was not thinking about an art career or anything like that......so this was simply done from my heart out of love form my small child as a spur of the moment act of creative inspiration. I recently saw this drawing again at my daughter's home and fell in love with it. Of course the drawing paper has aged and it shows, as well as the glass of the frame being severely cracked in one corner. But I wanted to somehow salvage this drawing for myself and my daughter so cropped the drawing out of a photograph to get the best results and played with it digitally for special affects and also to hide the aged appearance of the paper. She was sleeping so beautifully and looking like a little cherub, so felt the night sky digital effect was a good one to enhance the mood and add a little romance and color to this artwork. My daughter's name is Angela so have it up in the corner of this image covering up something else I had written there that didn't look too good.

Anyway this is a purely nostalgic and love filled artwork that speaks volumes to me and reminds me of the joy of motherhood I experienced through having my children. Angela as a baby used to lay in her bassinet as she was sleeping and often could hear her saying the word JOY.....in here sleep.....always warmed my heart and comforted me given the difficulties I'd had with my previous baby mainly due to my lack of experience as a young mum.

I thank God for my daughter Angela as I've seen her grow into a beautiful woman with a good heart and gentle and kind nature. She is now a mum with children of here own.....may she also know the blessings and gifts of motherhood through her own children."

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October 27th, 2017

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