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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Easter Art

Instead of dying eggs this year, we decided to make use of left over Acrylic paints from Rebecca's classes. We blew the egg guts out and made these masterpieces.

Rebecca's Egg

Artist's Statement:
I don't have anything to say about my egg.


Nate's Egg

Artist's Statement(if you can actually call me that while keeping a straight face):
As you can see, Rebecca was my inspiration for both sides of my egg. The first is a copy of her "Devils Garden" oil painting of Arches National Park. I'll call my "repl-egg-a" the "Deviled eggs Garden". The second side of my egg is a portrait of Rebecca. Even though she tried consoling me by pointing out that it was the very first time I had ever tried painting a portrait, I still felt incredibly embarrassed by the final result. Seeing how impossible it was for me to not make the mouth HUGE gave me much more appreciation for the intricate details on her eggs.

14 comments:

Vanessa Swenson said...

I'm extremely impressed by your eggs, as mine are at best a poor rendition of tie-dye.
che belle ouva!

Andy M said...

I'm so glad you posted these! You guys are awesome.

heath said...

Nate, you're hilarious first of all. (Deviled eggs garden . . . ha!)And as usual, Rebecca, that's pretty much amazing, and Nate, I am more than duly impressed. So, was it hard to blow out the eggs?

lori said...

Check you guys out!! These are fabulous!

jeanine said...

You guys are amazing! Look at that!

Lindsay said...

Okay. I'm impressed.

(A horse drawn on an EGG?! Wow.)

Unknown said...

Masterpiece is an understatement. I am way impressed you guys.

BRZZ Odom said...

wow. those eggs are amazing! holy cow!

Myra Bybee said...

I have to say Nate I think you did a great job painting Rebecca. Although her mouth isn't really that big, she does have a great smile, so you are just accentuating one of her best features!

nateandrebecca said...

Glad you guys are fans of our eggs...thanks for all your comments! This is a record for getting so many comments so fast. Wow. :)

Erika said...

Those eggs are amazing. I am very impressed! I can't wait to see next year's.

Unknown said...

y'all are so silly.

Rebecca,

Geez. That's all I have to say. I can still picture that pencil sketch of the bindery clock that you did that one day when you were still an animal sciences major. :)

Allan said...

Rebecca,

You could sell that egg in a souvenir shop, for say, $10 or so. I don't know what it would be a souvenir for though, maybe the Kentucky Derby?

Amy F. P. said...

I love the eggs. I knew Rebecca was an incredible artist but I didn't know Nate was too. Nice job.