Birgie the Flower Lady- 1995 pressed flower card catalogue pages
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Flensburg,Germany- The town I was born in, in 1947
Flensburg in the Rain- This painting was chosen from 160 entries to be one of the twelve months of the 2018 Niagara Showcase Calendar. I am so honored & grateful.
Creating all these pressed flower cards in the early nineties really helped me "heal". By 1995 I was ready to create a manual catalogue with the hope of selling lots of cards. As a single unemployed mom with 2 teenagers every little bit helped. My kids and I worked together as a team, each working on their own passion while working on graduating from high school. Jason's was karate and computer programming (built me my second computer), Janine's was acting, art, writing and music (recording via her karaoke machine in the bathroom). Mine was picking & pressing flowers in telephone books, then creating art cards from my findings. As a menopausal mom it helped keep me sane.
ReplyDeleteThe year is now 2022 and my husband Allan Ludlow & I have a Gift Shop Gallery Workshop called Birgie and friends at 4343 Queen St. Niagara Falls, ON. , since June 2019. We hope you will visit us if you're in Niagara Falls. Stay safe!!!!!
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