Holy Opal... Original Painting
One-of-a-kind, original hand-painted watercolor portrait
12x12 inches mounted to 1.5 inch panel
Finished with wax- no glass needed
Ready to hang or frame
Ships in 1 to 2 weeks
Local delivery available
My painting process begins with high quality hot press paper. I then apply thin layers of watercolor pigments layer by layer. I use single pigment paints and precious minerals and the result implies depth and movement. When complete, I mount the paper to a wooden panel and apply several thin layers of a resin wax to seal it. The result is ready to hang as is, or can be framed in a float frame. The wax protects the piece so it doesn’t require glass and can be enjoyed directly similar to an oil painting.
Opal Dean Menser was born to Octavia and Lafayette on July 15 1908. Octavia and Lafayette were each married previously and each had six kids and were widowed. They came together joining their families and having six more children. Opal was the youngest of 18 children. She said she never walked herself to breakfast, she waited in her room and her brothers would come to her and carry her down to the table.
Octavia ran the house and Lafayette ran a dairy, although he also traded mules and owned a grocery store for a time. Lafayette was also a Pentacostal preacher and Opal was devout in her faith. I once saw her drop to her knees, right there in the laundry room to pray. And I remember her more than once speaking tongues while praying.
In this picture I think Opal is probably in her thirties. If that guess is correct, she would have been married to her second husband, George Shelton, and lived with him in the Bay Area in California. She had two children, Ron and Harold.
My painting process begins with high quality hot press paper. I then apply thin layers of watercolor pigments layer by layer. I use single pigment paints and precious minerals -this piece has tigers eye in it - and the result implies depth and movement. When complete, I mount the paper to a wooden panel and apply several thin layers of a resin wax to seal it. The result is ready to hang as is, or can be framed in a float frame. The wax protects the piece so it doesn’t require glass and can be enjoyed directly similar to an oil painting.
One-of-a-kind, original hand-painted watercolor portrait
12x12 inches mounted to 1.5 inch panel
Finished with wax- no glass needed
Ready to hang or frame
Ships in 1 to 2 weeks
Local delivery available
My painting process begins with high quality hot press paper. I then apply thin layers of watercolor pigments layer by layer. I use single pigment paints and precious minerals and the result implies depth and movement. When complete, I mount the paper to a wooden panel and apply several thin layers of a resin wax to seal it. The result is ready to hang as is, or can be framed in a float frame. The wax protects the piece so it doesn’t require glass and can be enjoyed directly similar to an oil painting.
Opal Dean Menser was born to Octavia and Lafayette on July 15 1908. Octavia and Lafayette were each married previously and each had six kids and were widowed. They came together joining their families and having six more children. Opal was the youngest of 18 children. She said she never walked herself to breakfast, she waited in her room and her brothers would come to her and carry her down to the table.
Octavia ran the house and Lafayette ran a dairy, although he also traded mules and owned a grocery store for a time. Lafayette was also a Pentacostal preacher and Opal was devout in her faith. I once saw her drop to her knees, right there in the laundry room to pray. And I remember her more than once speaking tongues while praying.
In this picture I think Opal is probably in her thirties. If that guess is correct, she would have been married to her second husband, George Shelton, and lived with him in the Bay Area in California. She had two children, Ron and Harold.
My painting process begins with high quality hot press paper. I then apply thin layers of watercolor pigments layer by layer. I use single pigment paints and precious minerals -this piece has tigers eye in it - and the result implies depth and movement. When complete, I mount the paper to a wooden panel and apply several thin layers of a resin wax to seal it. The result is ready to hang as is, or can be framed in a float frame. The wax protects the piece so it doesn’t require glass and can be enjoyed directly similar to an oil painting.
One-of-a-kind, original hand-painted watercolor portrait
12x12 inches mounted to 1.5 inch panel
Finished with wax- no glass needed
Ready to hang or frame
Ships in 1 to 2 weeks
Local delivery available
My painting process begins with high quality hot press paper. I then apply thin layers of watercolor pigments layer by layer. I use single pigment paints and precious minerals and the result implies depth and movement. When complete, I mount the paper to a wooden panel and apply several thin layers of a resin wax to seal it. The result is ready to hang as is, or can be framed in a float frame. The wax protects the piece so it doesn’t require glass and can be enjoyed directly similar to an oil painting.
Opal Dean Menser was born to Octavia and Lafayette on July 15 1908. Octavia and Lafayette were each married previously and each had six kids and were widowed. They came together joining their families and having six more children. Opal was the youngest of 18 children. She said she never walked herself to breakfast, she waited in her room and her brothers would come to her and carry her down to the table.
Octavia ran the house and Lafayette ran a dairy, although he also traded mules and owned a grocery store for a time. Lafayette was also a Pentacostal preacher and Opal was devout in her faith. I once saw her drop to her knees, right there in the laundry room to pray. And I remember her more than once speaking tongues while praying.
In this picture I think Opal is probably in her thirties. If that guess is correct, she would have been married to her second husband, George Shelton, and lived with him in the Bay Area in California. She had two children, Ron and Harold.
My painting process begins with high quality hot press paper. I then apply thin layers of watercolor pigments layer by layer. I use single pigment paints and precious minerals -this piece has tigers eye in it - and the result implies depth and movement. When complete, I mount the paper to a wooden panel and apply several thin layers of a resin wax to seal it. The result is ready to hang as is, or can be framed in a float frame. The wax protects the piece so it doesn’t require glass and can be enjoyed directly similar to an oil painting.
