A new dispatch from Oddfellow's. I've still got a handful of paintings left to finish, and a few that just need to be shared - and then the update will happen! I'm thinking in the first few weeks of August? I'll keep you posted, of course.
So, in the mean-time, here's another imaginary portrait - this time, it's the wistful nurse of the school:
Nurse Effie 11" x 14" x 2" Acrylic on canvas
With all of the adventure and mischief to be gotten into, it's a wonder it took the orphanage so long to find
a suitable school nurse. The headmaster searched high and low for someone with both a kind heart and gentle hand, but when Euphemia Jane interviewed for the job, he was so dazzled by her crimson lips and faraway look that he gave her the job on the spot! Luckily for everyone at Oddfellow's, (small and tall alike) bumps and bruises, measles and mole-bites are treated by a thoroughly clever and thoroughly soothing nurse - and her snappy, coffee-hued finger waves are just an extra nicety.
This painting began life as a new tattooed girl...I was going to give her simple, navy-blue line work all over her arms. But then, about half-way through, I realized that this was no tattooed lass - this was a nurse! And the children of Oddfellow's need a nurse, after all.
I've always loved the classic nurse-aesthetic. In college, I had a vintage white nurse dress that I used to wear all the time...and in my exit show for art school, there was a lot of nurse imagery. I always plan to score one of those amazing old navy wool nurse capes off Ebay, but I've never succeeded. Maybe this Winter will be the one?
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