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Rocky, 2004. Oil on board.
This year the Keohane family did not do the usual Christmas make-a-gift.
Still, when I was trying to decide what to get/make for my Aunt Linda...
actually, that should read.. my aunt, Linda, since we always call her Linda.
For some reason she was too cool to have the Aunt moniker before her name.
Anyhow, Linda (Gunn) had a cat named Rocky, for a long time. Rocky passed
away recently, but I managed to get a picture of him from Mom, and used
that - to mak this. |
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Uncle Dan is Watching,
2002. Oil on board. This year's Keohane make-a-gift, a self-portrait given
to my niece and godchild Taryn. She'll be heading off to college next fall,
and I suggested she put this up on her wall, wherever she hangs her hat,
and remember she's never alone, that "Uncle Dan is watching".
Note the pipe was a 50 cent oldie bought at an antique store (new pipes
are hundreds of dollars!!), and the book is the Complete Works of William
Shakespeare. Wanted to give myself a Hemingway-esque look. <g> |
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Simonds Park, Joe Keohane Proprietor,
2003. Oil on canvas. Made this for my father for Christmas. Dad's been a
coach for the minor league baseball team, the Twins, for almost 40 years
now. Personally, I never made it past 2 years of little league, but I hear
he's a blast to have as a coach. Came out not bad.... I didn't get a great
picture of the painting, though. |
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Me and Andrew, Martha's Vineyard
September 1992, 2002. Oil on board. I made this as a regular
Christmas gift for my maternal grandmother, a.k.a Nana
Gunn. The painting is a semi-impressionistic rendition of a photo
Janet took while we were on our first vacation with our 9 month old baby
(in 1992). The photo means a lot to me, so it was enjoyable making the painting.
(Which is small, by the way, only 4 x 6 ". |
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Mike & Kathleen's House,
2001. Oil on board. I made this for my sister-in-law Kathleen this past
Christmas. Originally, I was going to make an American Gothic satire, have
Mike & Kathleen standing in front with farmer outfits. Mike kept coming
out looking like Mr. McCarthy (Our old neighbor) and Kathleen like Mary
Elizabeth Mastroantonio (the actress), so I finally gave up and painted
just the house. |
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Lighthouse, 1994. Oil
on canvas. One of my earlier Bob Ross-style oil paintings made when I finally
figured out the style. The B&W one below was my last using this method,
but I think this lighthouse came out pretty good. I gave it to my brother
and sister-in-law Paul and Holly, and finally managed to get someone to
take a picture of it so I can put it up here. It's got some cool colors
I think. |
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Black & White Landscape,
1995. Oil on canvas. I kind of like this, one of the last of my Bob Ross-style
paintings before I began to learn how to really paint from the master.
I have this hanging up in my house. Looks nice... from a distance. |
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Wobbly Rocket Circling Oblong Planet,
2001. Watercolor. On vacation this past year I made little watercolors for
the girls, and Andrew wanted me to make something for him. Once we got home
I did this 8 x 10 one. Took a while, but in the end he was happy with it.
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