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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2014 16:00:10 GMT
My mother is certainly my mentor. I love her style - the softness, the colors. Here I am sharing just a small sample of her painting. Mom painted between 1974-1991. Mary Lee Smith Patterson Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1926 - 2008 These pieces were painted in 1977. Mom's teacher was Mrs Sabrina.   |
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2014 16:03:12 GMT
Naomi Elizabeth Sissel Patterson Hope, Arkansas 1899 - 1961 My paternal grandmother. She married John Wesley Patterson, a retail merchant, in 1920. This piece is dated 6 - 19 - 26.  This is a celery tray that Naomi painted for her husband in 1926.  |
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2014 16:03:51 GMT
Sarah Fontaine Methany Willis Hope, Arkansas abt1876 - unknown My Great Aunt Sarah was a college art teacher. This is a baby dish given to my dad in 1924.  This lamp painted by Sarah is dated 1950.  |
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2014 16:04:23 GMT
Anna Lafayette Fontaine Kolb Hope, Arkansas 1872 - 1946 My great, great aunt, sister of Grace Fontaine Sissel, my paternal great grandmother Anna Fontaine Kolb was a school teacher. She married James Silas Kolb MD of Mississippi in 1909. She painted these pieces in 1922.   T |
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2014 16:05:11 GMT
Alma "Allie" Stuart Hunter Hope, Arkansas 1872 - 1941 My Paternal Great Grandmother Allie married Robert Malcolm Patterson, owner of a dept store in Hope, Arkansas. We have two large vases that Allie painted dated 1911.   |
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