Art « JULIA GRANTHAM

Ron

Mel DeBettencourt, Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard

My mother and older sister were excellent artists. I loved to watch them paint. I sketched, but did not take up art seriously until my mother passed away and I inherited her art supplies: the rusted tubes of oils with luscious names, like burnt umber, cerulean, ultramarine blue; the slender boar bristle filberts; the smudged pastels; and the splintered wood box that held her supplies. I took them with me from Louisville to Boston, knowing I would feel my mother’s spirit as I painted.

Richard

Art was a wonderful break from the intensity of my legal career as Chief Legal Counsel to a large corporation. I took Masters classes in oils and pastels, losing myself to the art.

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I donate much of my art to charities. I started a successful, long-term art fundraiser for the Lymphoma Research Foundation that was marketed on TV, radio, and newspapers, thanks to the help of my TV anchor/reporter daughter. It was fun doing interviews for such a great cause. I am grateful to my wonderful artists friends who contributed.

Kyla

My style is expressionist/realistic. My subjects are usually living things: people, animals, birds. I love to “witness,” to paint people in action in every day life. I paint using my own photographs except for a few portraits of dogs that I did on commission. My art always sold well; unfortunately, I never took professional photographs or had giclees of my art; only snapshots. So below, you will see my snapshots. I hope you will enjoy them!