Painting on Antique Art History Book Page Printed in Paris 1947...Madonnas in Art with Bed of Roses

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Connecting the past and present.
An antique book page removed from an Art History Book, "Madonnas in Art" published in Paris in 1947,
is modernly embellished with painted abstract roses. A "Bed of Roses" as I call it.
Drawn to the symbol of the rose as well as its natural botanical beauty, I subconsciously need to embellish with this abstract swirling form.
I am drawn to the mystery of vintage items. Antiques swirl my senses and bewitch my creativity. Book pages transport my awareness. This series of Art History images let me in to their worlds, their times, and I found myself orchestrated by their provoking beauty to embellish their essence. I faithfully let the paint flow from the brush, a stream of conscious thoughts expressed in abstract flowers. This is my form of communication.
Through this process I experience my connections to the past, present and future.

The Madonna In Art with a Bed of Roses. This is an original acrylic painting of roses embellishing vintage ephemera, a black and white print of a Madonna image, The Virgin at Prayers, mosaic(Vth century). This printed page of paper was torn out of an old Art History book published in Paris 1947, measuring a bit over 9.5"x12.25", and then adorned with a swirling "Bed Roses". Magenta, white, and red, with metallic golden leaves.

The acrylic paint with its fresh new sheen on the patina and velvet pulp texture of the old paper with its faint library musk. My senses tuned, I wonder who else has shared a breath with this page...

Beautiful, touching, delicate, tattered, torn, fragile, and very old.
The Haunting Beauty Captivates me...

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for supporting the Arts.
xoxo,
Cat

Copyright Cat Seyler-Smith 2007

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Added on Dec 06, 2009

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