I adore all the little faces!

[My Good Babushka]

Here is a painting I finished this week from a vintage photo I came across. It's some kind of banquet or party from the late 60s or early 70s. I just loved it and had to do a painting of it.

I love turning vintage photos into art and I would love to take commissions for people who have photos they would like to see turned into bigger, more displayable artworks. My dream job!

I just got a new batch of vintage photos in the mail, and I'm sorting them out now.

[Cha]

1. Nice, MGB! aren't you

creative and talented!

[CrawlingChaos]

2. WOW, this is wonderful!

You are an amazing artist! I love everything about this - I only wish I could embiggen it a little more to see the details.

Yeah, I love vintage photos too and I just love the way you've done this. The color palette, the composition and the painterly quality are all awesome. I'm getting a bit of an Ashcan School vibe from this painting, which is really cool.

I hope to see more of your work sometime.

[My Good Babushka]

11. If you look at it in my Etsy shop

There is a zoom function to get a close up look.
[link:https://www.etsy.com/listing/209871134/table-sixteen-original-painting-party?ref=shop_home_active_10|

[surrealAmerican]

3. Nicely done.

I like how the table numbers pop out - it makes it look like some kind of sporting event.

[hunter]

4. That's awesome.

It captures the atmosphere of the room, I'll bet, in a way the photograph couldn't.

[bluesbassman]

5. Wonderful work!

Thanks for sharing this. Very talented.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. The detail is astounding, MGB ... Did you study somewhere, with someone?

Amazing work. Really.

[My Good Babushka]

8. I was an art major at Penn State.

I gave it up for a while, worked at a paint and chemical company in an administrative capacity, then had kids, but now I'm back at it. It's now or never, right?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. amen. Follow your dream. Thanks for sharing it.

[Demoiselle]

7. What great and original work!

All the best to you. (You've earned it!)

[lunatica]

10. I love it!

I'm an artist also. Everything about this painting is very well done. It's a peak into a moment long ago that probably doesn't get much attention as a photograph. That's what I love about art. It transforms the mundane world around us into something worthy of note.