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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Don't Touch

The hand can't reach the bracket and the prickley pear is not something you want to go near.

19" x 15", oil on canvas board
$50.00 plus shipping
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Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.
Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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I am Listening

Again I use a Mexican paper mache doll for the subject. The ear is a plaster cast of David's ear by Michaelangelo. I repeated the title all around the frame.

19.5" x 15.5", oil on canvas board
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Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.
Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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They Were Good Friends And Shared The Same Soul, But They Were Going In Different Directions.

I did a series of narrative paintings where I put the titles on the frame. I used Mexican paper mache dolls as subjects and painted them on roller skates as a metaphor for travel.

15" x 17.5", oil on canvas board

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Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.

Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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Party of One

This was  fun idea to paint. Probably because the cake was so much fun to draw, paint and add color. I used an antique doll as the subject.



16" x 12", oil on canvas board
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Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.
Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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Infant Ideas Need Protection


In this painting I used the light bulb as a metaphor for ideas, the birds nest as a place where young things grow and the coral surrounding the nest for protection.

12" x 16", oil on canvas board
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Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.

Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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Bwoom, Speaker For The Common Man

Bwoom, Speaker For The Common Man

This is an oil painting of Bwoom in the form of a helmet mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo formerly known as Zaire. 

According to legend, Bwoom was sent to Earth by his father (the great God - Woot), to establish the Kuba kingdom. Bwoom symbolically speaks for the common man. This mask has raffia around the collar and was danced with a costume in important ceremonies. 
Mask cultures in Africa don't see this as art. It wasn't until Picasso became interested in African Art that westerners called it Art.

12" x 16", oil on canvas board
$50.00 plus shipping
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Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.
Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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Initiation

This is an oil painting of a mask from the Punu Culture of Gabon, Africa.

I find the mask cultures of Africa interesting and the simple stylized features especially beautiful.

It portrays a benevolent spirit of feminine beauty and is danced at times of public celebration like initiating young girls into society and at funerals to help the survivors deal with a family death. The mask wearer would stand on tall stilts wearing a long white robe. The dancer would remain anonymous so as not to offend the spirit world.

12" x 16", oil on canvas board
$50.00 plus shipping
Contact me if you would like to buy this painting.
Leighann Foster, foster3@gvtc.com.
Website, www.leighannfoster.com
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Blog, www.leighannfoster.blogspot.com
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