Have I mentioned that my husband is an intellectual? He is. He is currently in his 8th year of higher education. And to be honest...there's no end in sight. But so far his higher education has taken us very exciting places like Boston, Belgium, and soon The Netherlands and Italy.
So, what do intellectuals love more than anything? Books! And my husband is no exception. This, for example, is a photo of when we were getting ready to pack up our last apartment. You should know that this is only the "not pretty" books (there are many pretty ones) and they are all in categorized piles.
So in honor of my husband, I created this painting (it's of the pretty books):
I am a pretty big fan of how the gold/yellow paint made the books feel antique-like. The colors also very much remind me of a gentlemen's library that you should go to drink cognac and smoke pipes while wearing cardigans...oh, and read, of course.
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I love it! Great texture and colors! And I am book obsessed as well...currently I've managed to fill up my bookcase, have three full boxes in the basement, a stack on my desk and more in my office. It's a disease, I think ;)
ReplyDeleteI adore books too and i'm currently boxing up all ofmine(as i'm in the process of moving). Love the colours and textures of your book painting representation! XX
ReplyDeleteI really love this piece. I can see it in a home library. I have been browsing your shop a lot recently and love so many pieces of your work :)
ReplyDeleteIt is funny but I did a piece including Old Electronic components as a kinda tribute to my Hubby too! :)
Have a lovely Weekend, T. :)
i like the antique effect the yellow gives too, nice job!
ReplyDeletesomeday i would like to have my own library where i can drink cognac, smoke pipes, and wear cardigans. ok, maybe wine and no pipes, but yeah :)
I love this! It would be perfect for my husband's home office or our library!
ReplyDeleteHI, Bethany! Thanks for visiting my blog! Your paintings are lovely! This one especially spoke to me so I just had to comment HERE. I could paint the same painting for my husband. (Well, if I painted as well as you, I could.)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading more of your posts in the future!
Happy Holidays,
Kelly