My maternal grandmother, Lillie
Congdon (little one in the center) with some of her family. (Check out that
lighthouse painted in the background!!! I
must draw that...)
Lillie was born in 1896. That's
her grandmother on her right, her mother in the upper left, and her sister Edna in the front. Edna died at age 17.
My Mom is named after her...
Lillie ready to take a dip in front of her old beach house at Point Judith, RI. I could use a swimsuit like that...
Some of
my cousin Jon's family grave photos...
My great-grandfathers ~ Lillie's father-in-law (left) and father (right), with her first born, my Aunt Carolyn.
My charcoal is waiting impatiently for me to grab it and get going on
more portraits of these marvelous old faces...
My cousin Jon is going to be showing his grave photos along with my portraits. We are thinking of cool ways to do this...
Here are some of my ideas:
What if they were B&W prints?
And/or printed on drawing paper, so they look soft and charcoaly?
What if they were printed and then cut out and collaged on lightweight boards, to look like actual stones?
Or...
(Now I'm getting wacky, but what the heck...)
What if they had frames made of live grassy loam?
Or what if we placed the photos in a plot of grassy loam??
With the geraniums and the little flags...
Or maybe some more pertinent objects, objects from their lives...
Just doing some out in left field thinking...
Join in if you like!!
...and
Jon's band might come up and play at the opening!
Jon said maybe they can play some Grateful Dead tunes!
Hee hee!!!!!
