Saturday, December 12, 2009

Toy Blocks with Mickey, Pluto and Froebel Blocks


Froebel Blocks with Mickey and Pluto
6” x 8” acrylic on hand primed (archival) board unframed $175 with free shipping in US and Canada
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In this painting I’ve included Walt Disney character blocks of Mickey Mouse and Pluto The Pup with a stack of Froebel blocks in the background. Friedrich Froebel’s (reputed to be the inventor of kindergarten) Froblox or “Gifts” created these blocks in 1830’s for kindergarten children to encourage creativity and design abilities are still available for purchase today. I’ve mentioned these blocks before HERE. The Disney blocks encouraged children to learn the alphabet and word meaning related to a picture image of the word, while the Frobel blocks were intended to encourage design and building skills as attested to by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Red and Greenie


Red and Greenie 4” x 4” (10.16cm x 10.16cm)
acrylic on gessoed board $99 unframed with
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While digging into a storage box in the attic I found an old bag of marbles reminding me of the games we played many years ago in middle school. I couldn’t resist doing a painting of a couple of those old friends. They seem as bright and fresh and new today as they did many years ago.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Childs Alphabet Blocks

Childs Alphabet Blocks
5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed board.
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This antique set of blocks gave tiny tots an early start recognizing and imaging letters of the alphabet as well as learning names and images of all kinds of animals and objects.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Mickey Mouse Block and Wooden Top


Mickey Mouse and Wooden Top

5” x 7” (12.7cm x 17.8cm) acrylic on gessoed Masonite®
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When I was in fourth and fifth grade, there was a kid a year ahead of me who was always drawing cartoons. He could draw all the Mickey Mouse characters very quickly and I thought he was cool. A few years ago we were visiting relatives in Central Illinois where I grew up and we toured a beautiful new house being built by this same guy’s construction company. When I introduced myself to him again after all these years, those Mickey Mouse cartoons he used to draw popped into my head. It’s interesting what associations we have with people from our past.

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