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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

A Milepost Birthday and More Rabbits: Meeting Lola

It was the strangest thing, I got involved in painting rabbits and people suddenly associated me with them, which is GOOD! It means that the rabbit theme is mine. Here in my studio the rabbits are breeding on canvasses and I want to make them very serious. I want to give the paintings layers of meaning. But I had friends who laughed out loud (in a kindly way), as no matter how deep and serious I try to make my rabbits,  as animals with worlds of knowledge in their eyes, the only thing everyone sees is a bunch of pretty cuddly bunnies! But I will pursue this theme, until I capture the nuances that I am striving for.

My granddaughters named everyone of the six sister rabbits. Today I am continuing The Benjamin Files series, by showing darling Lola. 

"Lola" by West Coast Artist Marie Theron 10 x 10 Oil on Canvas

About this milepost I mentioned in the title, I turned 70 over the weekend and had friends and family around me. The rabbit theme caused great fun with some gifts and cards featuring rabbits.

Me with Tatyana Binovskaya, my artist friend and sometimes exhibition partner
Thank you for popping in. I am heading towards great numbers of visitors, but seldom hear from them. If you say hi in my comments, it would be wonderful.

12 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday, Marie. I've missed seeing you and love your bunnies.
    70 is the new 35 ;) you look awesome!

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    1. Hi Mary, how nice to hear from you! I hope that I will soon be a good blog visitor again! Thank you for the nice comments!

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  2. You look way younger than I do, Marie, and I am 54. You look awesome; so pretty! I think Lola is a beauty!

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    1. Hi Sherry, thank you, not true, but I think it is sweet of you to say that! And Lola, yes, so soft!

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    2. First of all Marie....Happy Birthday! Such a beautiful picture of you and Tatyana! And of course LOVE that Lola...I hope to see more bunnies..

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    3. Hi Hilda, how kind of you, I like the picture too, so many moments never get captured, so I am glad this one was! Yes, bunnies are breeding faster than I can blog at the moment, you can have a peek on Fbook....are you there?

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  3. I don't really do facebook...maybe to see the childrens pictures and see how the family is doing, however I would love to see more of your paintings...

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    1. I know, besides Skype, it is a good way to keep contact with family!

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  4. Happy happy birthday... I have to say which I'm sure everyone else did that you don't look 70!! I'm not far behind and I hope I look that good in a few years.

    Love the bunnies!!

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