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This is a series begun in 2004 while living in Charleston, SC. My friend, a womens history professor, got me thinking about historical biases and I began to consider the fallacies that lay before me. What"s up with those people painted on ivory...

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Major General George Pickett (1825-75)


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The flamboyant Major General George Pickett was one of three division commanders leading the doomed Confederate attack at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Nevertheless, the offensive came to be known as "Pickett's charge". Complete May 2012. Sold.
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On technique: The trash is found flat, on the street. One cannot flatten the trash. It just doesn't work. It must be found so that there are no wrinkles in the middle and the graphic should be well centered. Then the portraits are found that are complimentary to the particular trash. Generally I depict miniature portraits from the watercolor on ivory era (17th-18th century more or less). The trash is gessoed in the oval shape, image drawn in graphite, painted in oils and varnished.

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Originally from Charleston, SC, circa 1961, I have a 26 year old daughter, a BFA from The University of Arizona, and a residence in Philadelphia.
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