![]() ![]() I’m pretty happy with the piece…I’m definitely not as talented as Ms. Happening in my usually stable and peaceful abode, this painting was an absolute joy to paint. Despite some personal home dramas that are currently Taco! Here are some more photos of the almost final and final piece of “Taco and Mama”- my tribute to the lovely Margaret Keane. Just a little more shading…I could’ve shaded all day. I learned much about the subtlety of shading as I painted this piece. My hopes soared and my doubts lessened and I blended and blended. As I mixed more and more shades of corresponding colors and added them to the painting. There was a point where I wanted to give up, but I told myself to keep going. That’s when I realized there was going to be tons of shading and subtle detailing I had to accomplish without making it look too hard-lined and cartoonish (if that makes any sense. Then I started slapping on Maybe this is going to be harder than I thought. ![]() I thought we were the perfect models for a Keane painting. I was also super excited about doing a self-portrait of myself and Taco. When I did my initially sketch I thought, “Oh hell yeah, this is going to be awesome.” I’m pretty good about sketching out something from my mind. Here is the piece that I’m drawing my inspiration from for my Keane-esque painting!Īnd finally, here is my Keane-esque painting! My beginning sketch! She will be portrayed by Amy Adams in the upcoming Tim Burton film Big Eyes. Getting a little brighter!Ĭurrently Margaret makes her home in Napa County, California. Some of her well-known fans over the years have included actresses Joan Crawford and Natalie Wood, whose portraits she painted filmmaker Tim Burton, who commissioned Keane to paint Lisa Marie and animator Craig McCracken, whose characters the Powerpuff Girls are based on Keane’s “waifs” additionally, the Girls’ schoolteacher is named “Ms. Her website now advertises her work as having “tears of joy” or “tears of happiness”. Her works while living in her husband’s shadow tended to depict sad children in a dark setting, but after I love the strange sadness of her earlier paintings.ĭivorcing, moving to Hawaii, and becoming one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, her paintings took on a happier, brighter style. In 1986, the courts sided with Margaret, enabling her to paint under her own name. Walter declined to paint before the court, citing a sore shoulder. □Ĭreated a painting in front of the judge to prove that she was the artist. At the hearing, Margaret challenged Walter to a “paint-off” and Just a little bit depressing. The Keanes’ divorce proceedings went all the way to federal court. Conflict over that issue was cited as one of the reasons they divorced. In the 1960s, Margaret Keane’s artwork was sold under the name of her husband, Walter Keane, who claimed credit for her work. She later became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which she claimed changed her life for the better. ![]() Keane was born 1927 in Tennessee, and One of my favorites…this one is framed in my living room.Īttributes her deep respect for the Bible and inspirations of her artwork to the relationship with her grandmother. I’m inserting her biography via wikipedia. Because I’m going to be busy tomorrow with painting (and other life things). Margaret Keane is an American artist, famous for painting mainly women and children with over-sized, doe-eyes. You can probably tell why I’m so excited to be painting today. Margaret Keane! Margaret Keane painting This is a wall in my living room. Okay, today I’m pretty darn excited because the artist I am celebrating is… ![]()
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