Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Pie-Town-Homesteader


Pie-Town-Homesteader
Originally uploaded by FreeRangeBob

This from a photo I posted previousl in February of Les Thomas, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico .
Watercolor on YUPO paper 8x10 in. I was trying to go for texture and color. Working on YUPO is really kind of fun I let the paint mix on the paper and used some splatter and lifting. Not a medium if you want precise lines
This was take from a photo in the Library of Congress archives and is a photo by Russel Lee, a photographer working on a project for the New Deal in the town of Pie, New Mexico in 1940. It is Les Thomas a homesteader in the area. the original is of course much better than my rendition. Check out his photos on the Flickr site
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