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by Alga Washington
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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My father was a heavy equipment operator and in his younger days grdening was one of his hobbies and he had a huge 20 acre garden. Friends and... more
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My father was a heavy equipment operator and in his younger days grdening was one of his hobbies and he had a huge 20 acre garden. Friends and neighbors would come from all around and pick vegetables for free. One day I said, "why do you plant rubarb, we don't eat rubarb", he replied, "I want everything in my garden." Today I can relate to that because I want to learn how to paint everything.
I recall my mother would say, "tell them to bring their own garbage bags." At the time I thought that was silly, but now that I'm buying garbage bags, I agree because they are expensive :)
I have enjoyed pencil drawing as far back as my memory takes me. I took a few evening art classes and began a career working in human resources where the closest my job came to artistic expression was creating displays and slides for management and board meetings. Interestingly enough, this allowed me to be a frequent visitor and collaborator in the Graphic Arts department. Never able to shake the feeling that the Graphic Arts Department was where I belonged, I continued to develop, albeit slowly, my creativity and eventually participate in a few local art shows. One of them was sponsored by the National Technical Association and used the former location of the African American Museum in Detroit as a venue. I promised...
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Alga Washington
Thank you Otis.
Otis L Stanley
Love this. Peace, O.
Alga Washington
Thank you Lenore!
Lenore Senior
Another vote, I just love this!
Alga Washington
Thank you so much Lianne.
Lianne Schneider
What a touching and tender and very homey scene. This is just so very beautiful to me - catches my breath for some reason. F/V
BASANT SONI
Poignant colorful work pleasing to eyes.. gallery is full remarkable portraits..Congrats Alga ...+v/f
Alga Washington replied:
Thank you so very much Basant!!
Alga Washington
Oh my, thank you so much Alessando, Nikki, Dawn, Jeffrey, Bob, Lenore, and Mona. Fond memories. His garden was his Oasis surrounded by trees, it was beautiful, however, kinda scary for me.
EMONA Art
Wonderful emotional painting, Alga!!! I enjoyed very much your description and the way you rendered this beautiful scene with oil pastels is simply marvelous! f/v/g+
Lenore Senior
Absolutely love this painting! I used to shell peas with my grandma, who lived in Georgia.... memories for lots of people. Awesome work. v/f/pin with acknowledgments.
Bob Orsillo
Wicked awesome Alga!! I enjoy your description, I would have loved to see his garden.
Jeffrey Koss
Alga Outstanding work
Dawn Senior-Trask
What an evocative and resonant expression, masterfully rendered! It brings back memories of shelling peas with my grandma in Georgia, sitting out on her front porch. This is a true treasure! v/f
Nikki Dalton
f/v
Nikki Dalton
This is so wonderful Alga! Such an endearing and expressive painting! v
Alessandro Della Pietra
Nice emotional piece!
Alga Washington
Thank you so much Petko and Dagmar!
Dagmar Helbig
Alga, wonderful work and such a nice story, vf - Dagmar
Petko Pemaro
https://twitter.com/Petko_Pemaro/status/379880097542451201
Petko Pemaro
http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/pmps008
Petko Pemaro
F&V!
Petko Pemaro
Beautiful work!
Alga Washington
Thank you so much Jeff, Annemeet, and Stephanie!
Stephanie Moore
Beautiful work, Alga - I remember doing that - think I ate most of them!