Let me introduce myself. My name is Karen Cantrell and when I'm not painting the walls of Le Nid, I'm often painting something else, or drawing it, or sculpting it. Over the years I've devoted most of my free time to drawing, pottery, etching, painting and recently, sculpture which I do for my own pleasure and on a commission basis. If you like what I do, I'm at your "commande".
Karen Cantrell, Le Nid, Les Noyers, 71250 Chateau, France
tel.: 0033(0)385591802
e-mail: info@lenid-france.com
Painted Personalized Gift Boxes
For Special Occasions, birthdays, anniversaries, milestones: These are a couple of the many examples of boxes, which can be in any size, shape, colour, and covering everything from places one has lived, family members, special hobbies, pets, passions.
Birth BoxIt was a boy! He was born in Delft, so Vermeer's View of Delft is painted on the lid, along with his parents' portraits. The side of the box is decorated with Delft's blue motifs, in the case shown of a pelican, symbol of parental dedication. Around the edge "and the world resounds with the joyful cry...." I am!!!!!" |
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80th Birth BoxRepresents the person in question's personal muses: Rembrandt, Shakespeare, Monteverdi, and related personages, with quotations from Shakespeare and John Dunn. Inside the box was a portrait on a tiny easle of the person's wife, in the guise of Shakespeare's Saskia and a portrait of the donor. |
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Gift BoxConnie's two cats, immortalized
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Decorative Panels
These are usually on wood, with a touch of heraldry and the middle ages.(I'll paint your coat of arms as well).
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Family Portrait, chock full of symbolism. |
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A tragic Burgundian couple! |
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Sculptures
From clay or wax I make portraits of people or animals, or whatever you fancy.
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Flapper (Charleston dancer, bronze). |
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Clown (bronze). |
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| Arthur (bronze). |
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| Young Fresian horse (wax). |  |
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"Triquatic" (serpentine) 3 faces: tortoise, fish and ammonite. |
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Garage door with Race Horse. |
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Niche in the Hall (not really). |
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| Waternymph in the bathroom. |
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