Chagall inspired Chair (side panels)

Here are the two side panels...

The first one shows a stylized couple. If you look closely, you can see that the wallpaper behind them incorporates the weave of the chair's cloth.

This panel features a bride and groom as well as a violin player, peace dove and 3 candlesticks ~ all common elements in Chagall paintings.

Chagall inspired Chair (front panel & cushion)

In our life there is a single colour, as on an artist's palette,

which provides the meaning of life and art.

It is the colour of love.

Marc Chagall

In the past year, life has certainly got in the way of my art, as a result, this chair has taken me over a year to complete. Yes, family and health take priority over such things such as art, so this project has taken a long time to complete. In the end, I am happy with the final result, and maybe because it was a struggle to complete this piece, it is somehow sweeter.

There is plenty of Chagall-like symbolism here. I included an Eiffel Tower ~ one of Chagall's trademarks on the front of the chair.

The seat cushion is reversible. One side is predominately blue and features a heart-shaped bunch of flowers. On the other side, I included a quote by Marc Chagall which reads: "I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment."

Silent Auction Chair: Back panel

And here is the back panel of the Silent Auction Chair ...

I painted it after Van Gogh's The Sower which was after Millet's The Sower.

This painting may look simple, but it wasn't.

A short video clip of this chair follows ...

(Please excuse the sound of the hockey game between Canada and Germany in the background)

Final Selling Price: $700

Silent Auction Chair: Side panels

Side panel: a single iris (after The Iris, May 1889)

This panel is based on the July 1888 painting entitled

The Painter on His Way to Work ...

Unfortunately, the original painting

was destroyed by fire during World War II.

Thankfully there was a coloured photograph of the original.

Faux Gogh style for Silent Auction

This chair (#3) was painted for a silent auction that my son's university choir was hosting. And again, I chose a Vincent Van Gogh motif.

The first panel was another Starry Night.

On the cushion, I painted "Three Sunflowers in a Vase" (1888).

On the flip side of the cushion, I painted it simply green which makes it

appear like a continuation of the Starry Night panel.

At the very front of the chair, I paid tribute to

Van Gogh's "Wheatfield under Clouded Sky" (1890)

Vincent Van Gogh meets a Painted Purse

First I added a little gesso ...

Then I painted the front: Starry Night-ish...

And the back: Quote from Starry Starry Night ...

And gave it as a birthday gift ...

to a dear friend who happens to love Van Gogh!

Chair 2: Irises panel

This is my favourite panel on this chair.

It's spectacular.

It's bright.

It often goes unnoticed simply, just because it's on the back panel of the chair. But what a pleasant surprise it is to the viewer, when they discover these irises.