I always get a little thrill when I hear a band playing and see the marchers, whether musicians or military. Something about the big booms of the drums. But particularly the waving of the stars and stripes.
With several patriotic holidays coming up – Memorial Day, Flag Day and July 4th – I felt impelled to create a few small flag paintings. Just some stars and stripes, waving, as you might see anywhere this time of year. The unique thing with these paintings is that I’ve added some real sterling silver gilt to them. Yes, really! Let me tell you another time how challenging it is to work with the sheets of gold and silver.
Anyway, all the paintings have been coated with clear acrylic so the silver won’t tarnish over time.
I couldn’t add the neat videos for these paintings to my blog but you can check out my shop to see the videos of the flags on a turntable which really shows off the shine of the silver. Just because I wanted to, you might say.
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