Local Art Inspired By Love

For the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, I shared on the Made in Medway Facebook page art inspired by love. 

I have shared these artists' work over the past few years you can find on this blog. I love seeing the unique style of each of these artists.

Here is some work where love is their inspiration. Which is interpreted in different ways.

Quilt made by Gail Hodne.

Illustration by author, illustrator Lisa Graves

Illustration by author, illustrator Lisa Graves. From Lisa's coloring book "Colorful Women in History" Volume 2

Acrylic on canvas by Art Lee

Canman was commissioned to paint this large canvas for a recent wedding proposal. Acrylic on canvas.

Local illustrator, author, Judith Moffatt made this adorable pixies.

Artist, Laura Osterweis most often uses lipstick and other make up as her medium.

Sculptor, Jesse Green painted this portrait of his wife (about 18 yrs ago) using acrylics and sharpie.

Pencil on paper, Kim Blenkhorn.

When I asked Kim Blenkhorn if she had a drawing inspired by love she shared with me a portrait she did of her nana.

From Kim "I know that seeing a picture of an elderly person who doesn’t fit societies idea of beautiful and ISNT the first thing you think of when you hear the word love, but I know a lot of people have lost grandparents this year, and I think I can speak for the world over that there is a kind of love felt by a good grandmother which surpasses both beauty, success and all the material pleasures and possessions on earth. For they come at you with stories about who you were before you were. They come at you with infinite memories and photographs before there were photographs and they have nothing to offer but a kindness experience and wisdom that cannot be fabricated, packaged, bought, sold or understood any other way but through a totally invisible idea that we have defined as love.”

Oils on canvas, Anson Daniels.

Portrait of Harriet Rachel Lovering Daniels was painted by her husband Anson Daniels, 1850.

She died just a year later. The Medway Historical Society received this painting just a few weeks ago by an art collector in Texas. Anson was a very successful portrait painter in addition to being an accomplished poet, born and lived his life in Medway. Anson was a member of the Second Church of Christ for 42 years and served as an honored Deacon in the church for 22 years. In 1866, Anson Daniels represented the Town of Medway in the State Legislature. Anson also served as a school committee member for 28 years.