Created and Sold by Sally K. Smith Artist
Travelling Library - Paintings
Price $5,000
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Estimated Arrival: November 20, 2024
Handmade
Woman Owned
Reclaimed Materials
Made In USA
Made To Order
Natural Materials
Dimensions | Weight |
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54H x 38W x 2D in 137.16H x 96.52W x 5.08D cm | 9.07 kg 20 lb |
This painting is based on a vintage photo of a librarian looking out the window of a traveling library. I grew up in a small town where the occasional visit from the bookmobile was very exciting. The bookmobile would park outside the school. When I climbed up the steps into the bookmobile I smelled the many books, and a world of possibility. In this painting I made the books very fluid and active. The books represent everything going on in the librarian’s imagination as she gazes out the window to a very quiet landscape. The painting is made up of many thin layers of oil paint over oil primed linen. The linen is gallery wrapped around heavy duty stretcher bars.
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