Alyice on June 19th, 2008

Live Love Laugh

This canvas was designed for my brother-in-law who just so happens to love fishing and the great outdoors. I really love the canvas itself, and the saying…Live, Love, Laugh is one of my favorite. It’s a reminder to me to appreciate life more and I’m hoping it will be a reminder to him that though we are miles apart, we love him and wish him well in his life.

I’m not really pleased with the way image of his mom sits out like a sore thumb. I originally had intentions of applying beeswax to that triangular area. It would have blended everything quite nicely and given it the look and feel I was going for, but just as the melting pot and beeswax arrived, the online mixed media group I belong to sent out a huge caveat. While the beeswax adheres rather nicely at first, it soon begins to flake off and leaves quite a mess.

Well, there’s no way I was going to send a faulty canvas to the west coast so I opted to forego the beeswax and consider another alternative. There was only one problem: the transportation of the canvas was leaving in only three days! (Leave it to my father-in-law to get impatient and plan his trip earlier!) Since I didn’t have enough time to do anything else, I coated the entire canvas with several coats of semi-gloss varnish.

Word on the street is that he liked it very much. “WHEW!”

Keep Creating

P.S.

If you like this style of combining photos with art and objects, drop me an email or visit my online shop at AlyiceEdrich.net. I’d love to custom create something for you!

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Liz says:

Of course he liked it! I think it’s fabulous, especially since it incorporates a pic of your mom.
Posted at 1:56 pm June 19th, 2008
Alyice says:

Thanks Liz!
Posted at 10:04 pm June 19th, 2008