The other painting

The second painting I have from the visit in August, 1964, shows more of my hand. My Grandma P. had let me loose. The subject may have been her choice. She loved to copy Robert Wood's New England paintings.

So I after googling him, I find that he had a blue bonnet period in Texas, a cyprus period in California and a Catskills period in New York. So maybe the Pacific Sunset from the first painting I did with her was from a Robert Wood book rather than a postcard?

The second painting is very reminiscent of the area I live in now. How did she know?

The technique is primitive with demonstrating lack of patience of the artist for details. The label is in pencil, in my handwriting.

I have also included a picture of the label from the canvas: Greens, 400 S. Woodward, Birmingham. Grandma P. pointed her big baby blue Buick down Woodward Avenue. In twenty minutes she was at the finest art store in the area where she bought her paints and canvases.

I couldn't resist looking to see if they were still in business. I found an article in Crain's Detroit Business from this past summer. "Retail, condos planned for Greens Art Supply site in Birmingham". I can imagine the real estate was too valuable to hold on to. The article went on to say that Greens is consolidating into its downtown Rochester store.