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Jan 14, 2015
Media: oil on canvas panel
Size: 7x5 in
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Painted this for DPW's challenge "Paint your parent". My Mother's family emigrated to the US, by way of Java, from the Netherlands. She was just a young girl when they left their homeland. Although they quickly became "Americans" in every sense of the word, they left us grandchildren with a strong sense of our Dutch heritage. Therefore, I chose to paint my Mom as a little Dutch girl surrounded by what we most often associate with her culture and heritage: klompen (wooded shoes), lace bonnet an apron, windmill, and tulips. I remember wearing an apron like this when I was little. It had been my mothers. Her Father had a pair of klompen in his office. I purposely faded out her face into the background to signify that she is no longer a child, and this is just a beautiful, loving memory.
Painted this for DPW's challenge "Paint your parent". My Mother's family emigrated to the US, by way of Java, from the Netherlands. She was just a young girl when they left their homeland. Although they quickly became "Americans" in every sense of the word, they left us grandchildren with a strong sense of our Dutch heritage. Therefore, I chose to paint my Mom as a little Dutch girl surrounded by what we most often associate with her culture and heritage: klompen (wooded shoes), lace bonnet an apron, windmill, and tulips. I remember wearing an apron like this when I was little. It had been my mothers. Her Father had a pair of klompen in his office. I purposely faded out her face into the background to signify that she is no longer a child, and this is just a beautiful, loving memory.
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