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"Art, Like Cookies for the Soul" ~ Nancy Lee |
Some Portraits
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Portrait Art of Asian Children
by Nancy Lee Moran
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2001 Pastel Painting of McKenzy, size 22x18 inches
One family adopted three baby girls from China. Each time, the family commissioned a portrait of the child at age one; each time, in the same dress.
For McKenzy's art, I first took photos of her in the lovely Jodry Garden in my town, then began to plan her painting. I used photos of roses and branches I had taken in another part of the garden. The branches are from one of my favorite trees, the tricolor (tri color) beech. Its tri-cornered seeds are called beechnuts. The oval leaves have wavy edges, which I find charming. Its leaves are variegated variations of gray-green, pink, eggplant-deep-purple, and white. The pink color reminds me of the beautiful watercolor pigment rose madder. (Note to fellow painters: natural Rose Madder is a color that fades. Some companies make a synthetic version that is considered to be permanent, non-fading.)
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Tricolor Beech Branches
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Radiant Roses
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Mykayla was the first daughter adopted from China.
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For her 1997 art, I asked permission to include the family's silk scarf, the colors of which reminded me of China.
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A 2004 Family Portrait by Nancy Lee Moran
A pediatrician and his wife adopted two sons from Korea. I took photos in a private garden in a nearby town. As in most of my group paintings, the parents selected a favorite photo of each child, which I re-combined into a group scene.
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Each of these families has been blessed by welcoming a child. Each child received the blessing of a loving family.
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Let Me Show You the World
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A brother is showing his sister a butterfly.
Both children were adopted.
2001 Pastel Commission size 20x19 inches
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Maleigha, 2005 Pastel Commission size 23x18 inch |
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Since her Chinese name means apple , I included an apple branch. |
Maleigha was the third of three daughters adopted from China.
Caladium and impatiens plants came from the Coulter garden in my town.
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Factory Artisan Paint
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Repainted Doll
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Bare Asian Sculpt
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The artisan painting done in China creates a lovely doll to the specifications of Helen Kish. In my painting, I aim only for less doll-like and more life-like, to see how much illusion of life I can achieve. Some painting work I do is of such delicacy, in transparent layers, with such time involved, that it would probably be cost-prohibitive to do it within a doll factory setting.
Nancy Lee Moran's POLICY TO SHOW RESPECT for HELEN KISH & other doll creators is as follows:
The dolls I use were factory painted. I would never repaint a doll that the artist (Helen Kish) had painted herself, such as some of those in the Kish Signature Line. I would not paint one in a limited edition of fewer than 300 (preferably 500 or more). I consult the beautiful book I own: Helen Kish: The Artist and Her Dolls by Louise Fecher (hardcover published in 2006). I am NOT affiliated with any doll company, creator or manufacturer.
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