Celebrating the Life and Art of Robert George Etienne with his Creativity, Re-Imagined (Part 2)
What happens when you take an artist's work from another generation and bring it into your own world?
For my grandfather Robert George Etienne's 100th heavenly birthday, I began recreating his original acrylic paintings on decorative plates using my own medium: soft pastels.
After completing Part 1, I realized our family had almost 100 more of Grandpa's painted plates to choose from. So I asked my family to pick some of their favorites—and created four more.
But this time, I took his artwork outdoors.
Each recreation became a plein air conversation between Grandpa's imagination and mine.
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