In 1851 a painter by the name of Sir Edwin Landseer was commissioned to paint several panels for the Palace of Westminster. The Royals didn't pay the poor man and the panels ended up on the auction block and sold to private parties. Titled, Monarch of the Glen, become a famous image that was used by the Pears Soap Company and then by John Dewars and Sons Distillery and also by Glenfiddich. It is also on the logo for the Hartford Financial Services, Inc. The artist had to "find" wild stags to draw for his painting unlike myself who took a photograph for reference. Still not easy to find...but easier to draw from! As an artist we sometimes lose control of where our art ends up and how it is used. It's a tough business with lots of competition...but worth the reward when someone tells you that your art has touched them. Hope you are having a fabulous day and that my art has touched you, well, not literally :) Ciao art lovers...till we meet again tomorrow!
Marianna M. Duford
...an artist with wanderlust.
"Soliloquy"
8x16 studio oil
$625 framed