I have been doing business with Fountain, Parker, Harbarger for many years. However, it was not until last year that I ever visited their office. The first thing you notice once you get inside is that the walls are covered with paintings of their building. Done in all styles and mediums, it is amazing to see the different interpretations of the building. I was inspired by my visit to create a couple of small Line and Wash paintings of the building, of which one is represented above. As with most of my paintings, they simply go on the pile with other finished paintings, likely to never be seen again. However, I showed a copy to the owners of FPH and offered to give both to them if they wanted. They accepted (I assumed to spare my feelings) and framed and hung both on their wall in their conference room amongst, in my opinion, many superior interpretations. In the pictures above, my paintings are the top in each photo.
As it turns out, each year FPH commissions a local artist to paint the building in any style they choose, to be used as their Christmas card cover, and the original is framed and hung in the office. I was notified the other day that FPH intends to use one of my paintings (the one shown at the beginning of this post) as the 2016 Christmas Card cover. I am honored to have been selected.
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AuthorMy art is like a box of chocolates. About 95% of it is filled with something distasteful, but once in a while, I actually paint one that I like. Archives
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