An Artist's Journal:Paintings by Felicia Marshall

5"x 7" acrylic on hardboard I was looking for inspiration for a painting, so I raided our family photo album.  This I was told was a family friend.  

12"x 16" acrylic on hardboard This was the painting in which I finally became comfortable with painting soft edges. It seems so simple to do, but after a lifetime of coloring inside the lines it's hard to do the opposite   I originally had an elaborate background on this painting.  I even painted it all, before I painted over it. I quickly realized that even though I spent a lot of time panting the details, in the end it was just too distracting.  I have always had a problem with editing, so this was big for me. SOLD

8"x 10" acrylic on hardboard I was visiting my parents' church and noticed many of the men were wearing hats like this one.  Fashion, like most things recycles itself. I didn't realize how iconic this particular hat was for me until I began painting this image.  I kept thinking of photographs of the men marching during the civil rights movement and the always popular original "Twilight Zone", which had men wearing theses hats.  I can't tell you how any nights I stayed up way to late just to catch an episode of the show.  I purchased a costume version and had a lot of fun photographing people wearing it.  This was one of my volunteers.  

6"x6" acrylic on masonite When I was a little girl I, my brother, and cousins used to try on my grandmother's wigs and laugh at one another as we'd take turns posing in her mirror. I guess wigs aren't exactly in vogue anymore. Who can pass up a "big ol" hat, as we would say here in Texas.