I saw an ad in a magazine that reminded me of a tradition in my family of origin when my daddy was alive. And I remembered The Bible also said to give a feast of the harvest of the crops, a day of thanking GOD. I painted a sketch, but made it my own by altering almost the entire photo by painting it with acrylics on paper my way. . It does not have the same "people" as in the magazine and in fact, the "people " in this sketch are entirely made up; and I added one to make a 'family" of all age groups. I signed my name as I usually do when I consider it a painting. I consider this a painting on paper because of the number of hours I put into drawing it then painting it. Because families should have all age groups I added in a toddler [and wish I had drawn in a baby in a high chair which I might do later]. And I named this sketch I painted and just finished a few minutes ago, "thanks giving of the harvest". My reasons for that name is to honor the word of GOD that called the gathering in of the crops a harvest; and to reclaim the word "harvest" from the killing industry of the U S. The macabre killing centers of the U S perverted that word harvest to try to fool humans into thinking massacreing tiny humans or older humans for their body parts was acceptable, but it is not. Harvest is a decent life-giving word, not a euphemism for government ordered and paid for killing of humans for their cells and body parts. This sketch is to remind people what a harvest is. It is of food grown and gathered and prepared for eating.
Also, for the record: I am white, single [divorced twice] woman, and Christian, prolife, republican, and the natural mother of two grown daughters who are Jennifer and Leigh, but I have no sons or other children [only 2 daughters]. I do however, have minor grandchildren, that I love very much. I blog, write, paint, sketch, draw, tweet, and I wrote a book for children. I was born in the state of Georgia and am a U S citizen by birth. I have other blogs that contain more of the art I create and sign. I am known in real life as Gloria and or Gloria Poole since that it my real, born with, and legal name since I resumed my maiden name after second divorce in Oct 2007 in Arapahoe County Colorado. I am also known on the web as : gloriapoole; gloria0817; gpoole817; gloria.poole; gloria poole; gloria-poole; gloria_poole; gloriapoole1749; gloriapoole.RN; Gloria Poole,RN; Gloria Poole [RN]; gloriapooleRN at yahoo; Ms. Gloria Poole; Poole,Gloria; and other variations of my real name with or without numbers after it and with or without my middle initial of my given Christian name at birth. You viewers can follow me on twitter : @gloriapoole; @gloria_poole; and on my other twitter accounts also. Also, please read all blogs of mine especially the prolife blogs. See blog list for more info.
Gloria Poole; at my apt in Missouri, which is my only residence since Oct 31, 2009 [for purposes of copyrights]; 16-February-2014 at 9:43am.
