Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.Â
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Comments (39)
bimm3d
just gorgeous!!
alanwilliams
absolutely beautiful
JuliSonne
Das Bild ist Großartig!!! Ich wünschte, ich könnte so classe zeichnen.
durleybeachbum
Fabulous work, Lucinda!! I feel I can touch those beads and bells!
anianiani
Its a lovely gift for us.Thankyou...Blessed Art
Pen_Is_Envy
This is fantastic! The realism in the textures is particularly amazing, you'd swear you'd feel wool if you reached out to touch it. Just so inspiring. :)
Bossie_Boots
Oh wow this is so good what can i say but i think its outsanding!!
magnus073
Lucinda, this is such an incredible painting and one that you should be so proud of. Can't get over how you breathed life into her and the amount of fine detailing here. SO glad to finally make it home and get to visit your gallery to catch this before yo ugo.
Minda
THis is OUTSTANDING work lucinda,,
dochtersions
I'm deeply impressed of your art, Lucinda. FANTASTIC & OUTSTANDING! Clever, and most beautiful with a deep feeling in it too. Is it Oilpainting(?) Hand-clapping and bow for you ♥, and for this awesome girl.
mariogiannecchini
Absolutely wonderful, Lucinda !
annie5
Absolutely gorgeous, Lucinda! I like it a lot :)
GailB
Beautifully done, Lucy. I look forward to seeing it "in person". Have a great trip and say hi to Leslie.
flavia49
fantastic artwork!!
auntietk
Wonderful work!
helanker
OHH GOsh! it is fantastic. A wonderful paiting. I would so like to know if it is Oil painting???? Superbly done indeed.
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot!
jendellas
WOW, amazing!!!!
violet
Outstanding !
emmecielle
Fantastic work, Lucinda! :)
sandra46
AMAZING IMAGE!
goodoleboy
Mere words cannot convey the magnificence of this labor of love portrait, Lucinda! I like those Betty Boop lips. And, I didn't know you were in an art class.
npauling
This is such an outstanding portrait of this beautiful girl. No wonder you didn't get it home before this as it certainly should be hung in a gallery. The restaurant was very lucky to have it. I didn't know you were in an art class either. I hope we see more of these it is so lovely.
jocko500
wow you did a wonderful job on this
mgtcs
WOW....Terrific photo and effects, masterful work my friend, loved it a lot!
wysiwig
This is totally outrageous! You really are good but what is most impressive to me is your modeling of the fur collar. Very realistic. If you have the time check out my latest post "Why I Love the Irish". It may give you some idea of what's in store for you. Have a great trip and write if you get work. {;-)
vaggabondd
this is really beautiful, must be nice to have this much talent haha. very nice work my friend
mickeyrony
As a great master my Beatiful . You touch the flavor of great art and you have the nobility of the great kingdom. Bravo is still a painting of a very high level. I admire in silence the flavors of your exploits. He has everything at a glance .... Bravo and thank you a thousand times to update this beauty ((6.5 + +)) Comme un grand Maître ma Belle . Tu effleures les saveur du grand Art et tu as la noblesse du grand Royaume . Bravo encore c'est une peinture de très haut niveau . J'admire en silence les saveurs de tes exploits . Il y a tout en un regard.... Bravo mille fois et merci beaucoup de mettre à jour cette beauté ((6.5++))
Madbat
Wow, I never knew you painted...this is awesome!
Simone83
Outstanding and impressive work!