"Jan and Ellie, Aug. 1970" Fine Art Print
Size: 8 by 8 image with a white boarder, paper size 11 by 11
Museum quality giclée print, on a matte rag fine art paper. Printed from the original painting.
The Summer of 1970
Road Trip LA-CA
Prints are all signed and titled.
The Summer of 1970 Road Trip (LA-CA) Collection
In the summer of 1970, my grandparents packed up the family station wagon and headed west on I-10 out of New Orleans. The destination was Southern California to visit my grandmother’s sister. It was the American road trip. Newly built rest stops with scenic views. Motels with pools polka-dotted with colorful patio umbrellas. National landmarks and natural wonders. And all this vivid imagery was captured on a collection of vintage family Polaroid photographs I discovered many years later. I knew I had to paint these instant memories. I loved the compositions, the colors, the stray finger covering the corner of the frame. They were perfectly, imperfect, each one a thoughtful moment that my grandparents wanted to hold onto. It was a time when you couldn’t take a million pictures only to forget them seconds later.
