TRAVELING - USA NORTHEAST HISTORY

'THREADS OF HISTORY' SERIES

I HAVE TRAVEL THE NORTHEAST FROM FLORIDA TO CANADA.  WHAT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.  SO MUCH HISTORY!!!  I AM SO EXCITED TO USE ALL THIS INFORMATION TO CONTINUE MY SERIES.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR  -  BATTLEFIELDS TO CITIES, HOMES, ETC.  ALL WONDERFUL INFORMATION TO PAINT WITH.

ALSO, VIEWED THE GROUND ZERO - NORTH AND SOUTH TOWER, PENTAGON AND SHANKSVILLE.  VERY OVERWHEMING BUT WONDER FUL TO SEE.

WILL ADD PHOTOS OF WHAT I AM WORKING ON, AS I PROGRESS.

THANK YOU FOR READING MY BLOG AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.

LINDA LEE FOSTER

Show at Art Center - Manatee, Bradenton, FL

Art Center - Manatee, Bradenton, Fl  34205

"Inspired Visions " , All Media Open Exhibition Show, June 5 - July 6, 2012

Reception:  Thursday June 7, 2012, 5-7pm

I have received an Honorable Mention for my Painting:  "Threads of History II - Civil War & Quilts II".

A little about Civil War & Quilts Series:  This series will also focus on my family's history.  This includes the "Log Cabin" quilt that helped escaped slaves find safe farms and routes to get to the next safe farms.  This travel was known as the "Underground Railroad".  The "Log Cabin" quilt was hung out to be refreshed in the open air.  If  it had a dark center, it meant it was safe to go to that farm.  Each quilt had hand-sewn stitiching of a map to lead them to the next safe farm, as they traveled the "Underground Railroad".

Linda Lee Foster Paul

Juried Show Paintings

1) Linda Lee & Wahsatch Homestead III, watercolor, 22X30

2) Wahstach Homestead III

3) Lily Pond V, Watercolor/gel, 15X22

4) A Daughter's Love, watercolor, 21X21

Forida Suncoast Watercolor Society Shows

Juried Exhibitions:

Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, "Open Aqueous Show" at the Carrollwood Cultural, Tampa, Florida, March 9 thru April 2, 2012.

Two paintings were accepted: Lily Pond V, watercolor/gel and Wahsatch Homestead III, watercolor.

I have been given signature membership as of this show in the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society.

Threads of History

New work for the Threads of History series.

This painting is to do with the Civil War and how the Log Cabin quilt entered into helping the slaves get to the safe farms and the railroad.

The dark center told them that it was safe to come to this farm. The quilts were hanging to dry, so that they could be seen from a distance.

CURRENT SHOW AT VENICE ART CENTER

The following paintings are at the Venice Art Center, Venice, Florida:

1) Threads of History, Grandmother's Formals II, Water-based with some memorabilia from my grandmother's estate.
2) Bombastic Bloom X, Water-based with gel.
3) Limited Edition Prints:
A) Lily Pond
B) Sunshine II
C) Flay Day, Coupeville

See my other prints on my web site for "Sunshine" and "Flay Day", etc.: http://www.lindaleefoster.com

Commissioned Painting

MARCO ISLAND, PHOTO BY FRED SIMCIC



This is a great story!! Fred had taken this wonderful photo of a sunset on Marco Island and decided to give a special birthday gift to his fiancee. This is where I came into the picture. He wanted me to paint a painting of the scene in watercolor on a 15x22 sheet of paper, to surprise his fiancee on her birthday. I finished the painting in December.

They were coming home from a trip and he talked her into stopping by my house. They were both very tired, so she could not understand the stop. But to her surprise there was this wonderful wrapped gift for her.

What do you think of this painting????