Saturday 20 March 2010

It has arrived safely so I can reveal it now



When I saw this painting in a magazine I just had to use it for a friends' bag.
It is in the Tate Gallery in London, and was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1885-6


It is called, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.
The painting is set in a garden in the Cotswolds village of Broadway,
where John Singer Sargent stayed in the summer of 1885.



The children lighting Japanese lanterns with tapers are Dolly (left) and Polly Barnard.
Their father was the illustrator Frederick Barnard – a friend of Sargent’s.
Sargent wanted to capture the exact level of light at dusk so he painted the picture out of doors, in the Impressionist manner.

As autumn came and the flowers died he resorted to painting flowers in pots. The title comes from the refrain of a popular song The Wreath by Joseph Mazzinghi. It was a Victorian song - alas I do not know the words. 



In his painting the lilies and are white - so too the dresses. The background is rather dark because of the light he painted it in. I have taken a bit of 'poetic license' and painted with alcohol inks and a highlight pen on a heat transfer which has been absorbed by the jute.   I personalised the bag by copying the header page from Pat's Blog and coloured that too.  If you haven't visited her blog - do take a look - she makes the most amazing bags - amongst other things!


A little message inside
 
It looks better in real life - it was a bright sunny day when I took these photos - I am hopeless with a camera!

10 comments:

Hels Sheridan said...

Gorgeous bag hun, love that painting xx

Pat Winter Gatherings said...

LOL! I just posted this beautiful gift on my blog and was stopping by to tell you. Thank you my friend, I love it and will put it to good use and often.
Hugs,Pat

Createology said...

Lottie I was wondering where you have been off to. What a lovely bag to make and give to Pat Winter. She is such a generous soul and her work is amazing. You are a generous soul also. Happy creating...

Carol Q said...

beautiful bag Lottie. you are so clever with these. it was good to hear the story behind the painting too!

Sally H said...

Lottie, it is gorgeous! I love it!

Kim Dellow said...

Oh wonderful! Just love the texture on the picture from the fabric. Kim

Unknown said...

A gorgeous bag ... what a fab idea!

Merry said...

Wow...this is so lovely and such a clever gift. Thanks for visiting over my way.

LazyKay said...

How beautiful - no wonder she was chuffed with it - I hardly dare look at her blog - more time on the computer!

There are some of the lyrics to the song on this blog (apparently the song is also titled 'ye shepherds tell me' but I've mailed you a picture of the sheet music with the full lyrics on which I found elsewhere.

http://lotusgreenfotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/carnation-lily-lily-rose.html

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Lynne Moncrieff said...

A most beautiful image but what is special is what you have created with this image. You are so inspiring. Lynne M x