Friday, June 24, 2011

Journey Through Musicland

When I was a little girl, my grandmother taught me piano using one of my mother's old music books.  This picture was ini the music book and I would stare at it and pretend that I was skipping down the path of piano keys.  Later, my sister, who is ten years younger than I, played piano and daydreamed she was living in music land.  My sister still plays piano and plays it very well.  She ended up with the original picture (albeit tattered)  from the old music book, framed it, and hung it on the wall.  Years later, she found another copy of the picture, framed it for me and I hung that one on my wall.  About five or six years ago, I found that the illustration was originally on the front cover of the old music magazine, Etude and I was able to purchase a copy of that issue.  I then framed the magazine because the picture that my sister had given me many years before had faded.  Last January, after I retired, I decided that I would try and paint the beloved picture and give it to my sister for a birthday present.  I truly enjoyed painting the picture.  I never realized until I duplicated it that it had so many elements and I figured that if I left any out that would be the one my sister would remember.  The original illustration can be seen here:
 http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/musicandtheater/etude/Etude+1926-09.jpg.html
I am not sure if the name of the picture is "Journey Through Musicland" but that's what I have always called it.  The artist's name is F. S. Cooke.  I could not find any information about the artist except he or she painted a few covers for the Etude magazine.  So, if anyone reading this knows anything about F. S. Cooke, I would love to know.

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