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Dad

Dad, Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings
Dad
 

Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings (Oil)    36 x 36 x 1.5    $2,600.00   

Artwork #
647
Artist's Statement
My inspiration for this painting was an old faded black and white photo taken of my father sitting on my grandmother’s porch around the time of my birth. We lived there while our first home, a dinky 2 bedroom 1 bath house, was being built. I have done three other paintings of my father that were also taken from very old photos. One is called “Riding the Rails” which shows him as a young man riding a box car in a modern context. Another is called “Newspaper Men” from the early 1950s when he was a newspaper reporter. Yet another is called “A Secret Life” from a picture of him having an outdoor meal in the Middle East during the late 1950s when he was a CIA agent. He was an interesting and complex guy. These paintings and more can be viewed on Instagram @christophermichaelharvey.
Artist
Chris Harvey
Contact Information
christophermichaelharvey@gmail.com