Morrocan Beggars 1961

This one I can remember quite well. There was a series in the newspaper about something going on in Morroco, civil war perhaps? In any event Grandmother could not get this scene out of her mind and so painted it with her limited pallet.

This hung on her wall for years. It may have been one of her favorites.

Multnomah Falls

Again from the 1940's is this abstract watercolor of Multnomah Falls in Oregon. Having hiked and painted this locality myself, I am going to guess that she was working from either a photograph or memory. Given the time frame she would have had little time or money to make the journey to this location.

This the oldest of her watercolors and I had never seen this hanging in any of her homes in the Portland area. So, not real sure as to why she never hung it.

Again, it had been mounted in a acidic cardboard frame, which had crumbled due to age and moisture. Amazingly, the painting was done on high quality paper and so did not suffer.

Hope to have this one archival framed and on my wall this year. :^)

The Classroom

This is the oldest of my Grandmother's pictures I have found, so far. She signed this CAD Scott, which places this picture in the area of 1942 to 1944.

I particularly like this color pencil work as it documents a piece of family history.

Grandmother has shown herself as the teacher, about to whack her oldest son.

Raymond, the oldest son, also has a rubber band and is aiming off to the left.

Behind him is my mother, Jaquelyne.

Behind her is my youngest uncle Douglas.

The girl to the left is Donna, whom was eventually to marry Raymond, though died in the 1960's I seem to remember.

In front of her is a red haired boy but I have no ideas on whom he could be.

Although this picture was glued to cardboard, the paper was of very high quality so there was no mold or acid damage! What are the odds for a piece of this era?