Annie Buried #4 Yesterday
Annie Buried #4 Yesterday
30 x 40
2003 / #2
Annie is a real person though her name was changed for title purposes. The story of Annie comes from my Momâs good friend Sharon, of âShakeân and Baconâ fame. Annie was her great Aunt. I heard this story over lunch, painted the image about 2 months later, and then Sharon brought me a photo of Annie she found in a scrapbook. At the time, I had no description of the real woman. I painted her personality as I felt it. The photo turned out to be almost an exact likeness of the character I had created on canvas. All who see it comment on the spookiness of the situation, but to me, Annie just wanted to get in one last laugh. It is one of my most exhibited paintings of the whole series. I guess she still likes to get around. What follows is the story I heard in shortened form.
Annie had been married 3 or 4 times, outliving each husband. She loved her drink and loved a good joke and as the years went on, dementia set in. Because she had such a lively spirit, no one could willingly send her to a home so she lived with some relative after the last husband passed on. At times she would come to dinner with her dress on inside out and the shoulder pads just flapping like wings. In all innocence she would ask âdo you like my new dress?â and proceed with dinner as if all was normal. Other times she would don her fur and some gloves as if it were a state dinner. This painting is based on the time she wandered away from the house in her slip and was found down at the local bar in her fur and gloves having a shot of whiskey and checking out the pickings so to speak. My Annie is looking mighty fine and hoping to pick up hubby #5 because what fun is being a woman without a good man, no matter how old you are! On the floor is a body outline (which many viewers miss) indicating that she killed another one with her poison darts, a supply of which hang off the walker parked under the bar. I added the knee-highs because lots of old ladies wear them in place of hose and the orthopedic shoes are just so sexy ya know!
30 x 40
2003 / #2
Annie is a real person though her name was changed for title purposes. The story of Annie comes from my Momâs good friend Sharon, of âShakeân and Baconâ fame. Annie was her great Aunt. I heard this story over lunch, painted the image about 2 months later, and then Sharon brought me a photo of Annie she found in a scrapbook. At the time, I had no description of the real woman. I painted her personality as I felt it. The photo turned out to be almost an exact likeness of the character I had created on canvas. All who see it comment on the spookiness of the situation, but to me, Annie just wanted to get in one last laugh. It is one of my most exhibited paintings of the whole series. I guess she still likes to get around. What follows is the story I heard in shortened form.
Annie had been married 3 or 4 times, outliving each husband. She loved her drink and loved a good joke and as the years went on, dementia set in. Because she had such a lively spirit, no one could willingly send her to a home so she lived with some relative after the last husband passed on. At times she would come to dinner with her dress on inside out and the shoulder pads just flapping like wings. In all innocence she would ask âdo you like my new dress?â and proceed with dinner as if all was normal. Other times she would don her fur and some gloves as if it were a state dinner. This painting is based on the time she wandered away from the house in her slip and was found down at the local bar in her fur and gloves having a shot of whiskey and checking out the pickings so to speak. My Annie is looking mighty fine and hoping to pick up hubby #5 because what fun is being a woman without a good man, no matter how old you are! On the floor is a body outline (which many viewers miss) indicating that she killed another one with her poison darts, a supply of which hang off the walker parked under the bar. I added the knee-highs because lots of old ladies wear them in place of hose and the orthopedic shoes are just so sexy ya know!