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Ellis Family Page Acrylic Paintings
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Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology ("MAC") 4. Three Paintings as Gifts
The first one I want to show
you was a present for my brother, Barry.
He lives in Central Alberta, in farming country and loves antique cars.
I tried to put the two themes together showing an old derelict auto and a
rustic barn on a stormy Alberta farm. I framed it in a simple oak
frame and he hung it in his office at DETAC
Corporation in Innisfail..
Oh, I suppose that I should include another painting that I did for Dad as a gift. It was an earlier one, in oils, and I never much cared for it. It's not worth making it any larger than the photograph of him holding it.
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Over
the next couple of years, I painted a few more paintings.
I
wanted to paint something for my father and asked him what he would like.
He replied that a favorite spot of his was Gig Harbor. So, I guess I
asked for it. I came up with the painting below, but I only painted
the smallest fraction of the many, many
boats in the harbor. He liked the picture and hung it in his living
room until he died in 1999, when it was sent back to me. It's now in
our entry hall and I often think I should get back to it and paint more
boats!.