|
Home
Railroad
Collectibles-All
Railroad
Magazines
RR
Books
Collectible Plates
Information & shopping cart
New
Collector Plate website
Collectible plates LIST only - no photos
Transportation Items Air, Bus paper
Hess Trucks & Ertl die cast items
Books & Magazines
(Non Railroad)
Great Items
- Cottages, Cigarette posters
| |
| Go back to: Catalog> List of Products |
| View Cart |
|
|
spring innocence
|
|
Wonder of Childhood Collection - "Spring Innocence" by Donald Zolan.
|
$59.50
|
| Wonder of Childhood Collection - "Spring Innocence" by Donald Zolan.
|
|
|
|
Wonder of Childhood Collection - "Spring Innocence" by Donald Zolan. Second plate in this series. Pemberton & Oakes, 1983. Plate size approx 8.5 inches. Suggested retail $85.00
I've often been intrigued with the idea of painting a child picking flowers. Flowers are God's decorations for the earth. Children are drawn to them like bees, even very small children. For many of us picking a flower is our first experience with beauty, and as long as we live beauty is one of the wonders of life.
I finally got to work on the idea with "Spring Innocence." I'm pleased with the little girl in it. I like her dainty look, her sensitive look. She's discovering beauty, and our love of beauty comes, after all, out of the more sensitive part of our nature.
I did all I could to bring out her daintiness. She's in a soft white dress. At least until now, she's kept it spotless, practically a major project for someone of her tender age. She's picking just one daisy. Obviously I could have shown her yanking up a whole cluster. She's sitting on her heels and holding her hands in a dainty, feminine way. She has a beautifully chiselled face for a child so young, with very fine features. The little wisps of hair blowing about her head catch the sunlight nicely.
I wanted to suggest that this is something new for her. Maybe it's the first time she's actually picked a flower. She's just beginning to discover beauty. That's why I used greens so liberally. I wanted to suggest a newness like the newness and freshness of the whole world in spring. I experimented with the greens until I could practically smell the sweetness of a spring day right there in my studio. I let strong sunlight fall on her hair and dress to add warmth.
I didn't look at "Spring Innocence" again until a couple of months after I finished it. When I finally did. I found a couple of tears in my eyes. I happen to love beauty myself. That's why I'm an artist. I suppose I paint childhood not just to explore all its wonders but to capture its beauty. Because of the beauties of nature, music, art, drama and much more, we have a great deal to be thankful for on this earth. I just hope this little girl finds beauty as enchanting all her life as she did on that day she picked one pretty daisy.
|
|
| |
|
Cell phone 206-409-2240