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Sketch for the Art
Pencil on paper, 5" x 3" (w x h), 03/29/2026
After this quick sketch, I flipped the image for the final art, wanting the action to move from left to right, like we read across a page, left to right. I also realized that the crown stuck in the snow was static, no movement. and it looked like it could be a tree stump. So, I moved it to mid-air to give the painting movement.
This plus "Embracing Red, White and Blue" seen HERE have been juried into the Kennebunk, Maine Brick Store Museum Exhibition, "From Many, One: Results of Revolution", celebrating 250 years as a country, on exhibit May-August, 2026.
From the 1773 Boston Tea Party then, leading to dumping the King in 1776 to reclaiming democracy today in 2026, the USA is still throwing the King overboard with the largest demonstration, No King, in the history of the USA. Using an apple, as American as apple pie, personifies the people of then and the people of now, in the simplicity of a "Snow Life" (think winter plein air still life) in red, white and blue, with the yellow king's crown thrown off, 1776 and 2026 are recreated in a patriotic way.
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