A bespoke love heart piece for Su, with love from Russell xx
Details of the artwork as it happened are shown below. It is a shared project, and we can both make changes and additions to the pieve before the final artwork is approved and printed. Happy birthday and Happy anniversary! love Russell xx
A ‘Love Heart’ piece that tells the story of a very special person, family and places with happy memories.
Bespoke:
A gift for Su, celebrating her 60th Birthday, and 25th wedding anniversary
Palette:
Black, white, greys with “pops” of colour
The List!
60th Birthday – 05/11/2024
Fireworks
Running – running shoes
London and Edinburgh Marathons
Reading Joggers (water tower at tilehurst)
Braco (Braco Castle or Gleneagles)
Putney (Tube Station)
Caversham(Bridge) (Maps)
Hudsons Restaurant – Putney
Quattros - Caversham
Bagpipes
Little lamb (childhood cuddly toy)
Scotland – Tartan
Cameron (son) - photo
Russell (Husband) – Photo
David/Jak/Robbie/Ciara – Sister and family (Photo)
Bill and Barbara (BB and b) - Dad and Mum
Coffee – (Link to Dolly Parton Lyric)
“Coffee to change the things I can & Wine to accept the things I Cannot”
Wine/Champagne – Petit Chablis/Pol Roger/LP Rose
Wedding - 08/08/99
Huntingtower castle in Perth
Silver Wedding 08/08/2024
Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
Paris trip on 60th Birthday
Flowers – Sunflower (Cameron)/Thistle/Gladioli/Tulips/
Knox & Eames - our own business that we have been running for last 25 years
KPMG (previous employer where we met)
Shopping bags/John Lewis (Pretty Woman Shopping Scene)
Disney Sunglasses
Poker hand
Audrey Hepburn – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Holidays – Paleochora Greece – (Bougainvillea flower)
Holidays – Samoens France (Mountain background)
Riisotto (Seafood)
Country Music – Dolly Parton/The Chicks
Bay City Rollers Bye bye baby
Puppy Love
Osmonds
Home ( our front door)
Reading Joggers
Su’s school crest (Morrisons Academy)
McSweens Haggis
Gleneagles Hotel Crest
White Rose
Mussels in Shells
Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces
Cheese (Stilton)
05/11/2024
Number 25
Disney sunglasses
Russell
Bicycle
Aston Villa (Badge)
Birmingham (Map)
Bruce Springsteen Lyric 1
Cameron
Olives
Ball (sketch)
Puzzles
Music George Ezra
Over the Rainbow
Owl (Sketch)
Little Lamb
“Puppy Love”
ABOVE: The Place… where the final piece will hang
ABOVE: Love heart images created from photographs and memories. These will be collaged in to the piece
‘The green’ accent colour is shown below ( taken from Su’s scarf in this fab photo above)
ABOVE: map sections of important places including Caversham ***
ABOVE: Music scores.. Favourite tunes of Su, Russell and Cameron…
There must be a ball in there somewhere!.. I love this idea so have added 5 sketches that will be dotted around the piece, ready to be discovered..
WORK IN PROGRESS…
not all images are shown but the slideshow below illustrates phase 1
Long story but…
Selected sketch details shown below,..
..and fabulous Paris! x
The latest version is shown below…
Details are shown below..
