A mosaic portrait of two happy children

In May 2013, I created a mosaic portrait of Ella and Lane, the children of my good friends Natalie and Aaron from Auburn, Alabama.

Mosaic Portrait of Ella and Lane

in 2014, Natalie sent me a picture of the kids under their portrait ! 

The kids under their mosaic portrait

The first thing you see when you come into the house is the gorgeous smile of the kids on the mosaic on the wall facing the entrance door !

Last week end, as I was bringing them a small mosaic derived from my Miura Project, Aaron invited me to share their meal (Great Hamburgers and grilled chicken) and he took this picture of the kids and me under the mosaic ! 

Fred, Ella, Lane, under their mosaic portrait.

Knowing that people I appreciate enjoy my art daily is very rewarding to me. I feel I am contributing something positive to their family. Art should be present in everybody's daily life. We mostly remember ancient civilizations and cultures for the creations of their artists and architects.

If you would like to commission a mosaic portrait, you can contact me at :

frederic.lecut@mosaicblues.com

In one of my next posts, I'll tell you of the other portrait I created for Natalie and Aaron. 

I am a French mosaicist

living in Headland, Alabama, USA.

My Art is about inspiring people.

You can see some of my work 

at www.mosaicblues.com

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Creative Minds

Last Thursday July 9, I received the visit of 17 kids from Creative Minds Learning Center accompanied by their charming instructors ! 

Some of these kids had participated in our Spring Festival Mosaic Workshop.

I had invited their instructors Christy and Tina to bring them to my shop so they could see what a real mosaic studio could look like. 

I am not sure what they will best remember  of their visit between the figs eaten from the tree, petting the dogs, talking to  the chickens, 

... and the actual visit and explanations inside the mosaic studio.

What is important is that they had a great time ! 

I strongly believe that artists should give back to the communities that support them. No one is an island. without patrons or a market to sustain them, artists and other entrepreneurs would not succeed. 

As I explained in an earlier post, Art is the best way to develop creativity in young people, because they can immediately see the result of their own creativity; and our world will need creators. 

As I am little by little progressing in this artistic career with the support of patrons and clients, I intend to spend more time sharing my abilities with people around me. 

If you have suggestions or ideas about what could be done, or if you would like to participate, please contact me. 

I have quite a few projects in mind and will need help and support. 

I am a modern mosaic artist with a deep admiration for ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Arts. You can see my own mosaics on my site at mosaicblues. 

If you are interested by my work or would like to drop me a line please contact me by email at frederic.lecut@gmail.com or by phone at (334) 798 1639. 

 

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The Kids II - Completed

I just realized I had not posted the completed piece  - Aaron and Nathalie's kids...

So here we are ! Cover your eyes !

 

This piece is 24 x 24 " totally made of glass and mirror tesserae.

It takes me about 3 month to realize such a piece from a picture sent to me. There is quite a while spent in preparation work, editing the picture, posterizing it, selecting back grounds... In the case of this piece, I took 2 different pictures of the 2 children and merged them. I was pleased with the results, so were the proud Mom and Dad

Kids II

So this is  a commission work for Mother's Day.  I completed the layout of tesserae this afternoon and pre-grouted the back of the piece.

It has been an interesting project as there was no original picture of the kids together so I had to combine 2 different pictures (no, I did not "Photoshop" them, because Photoshop is too complicated for me, I generally now use Gimp which is quite user friendly, and free )...

In a later post I will provide additional pictures of the whole process; for now I cannot publish the pictures as we do not want the Kid's Mom might to find out, for it is a surprise !

The piece is 24" x 24" (about 60 x 60 cm). It does not include any stone, ceramic or porcelain and is totally made of Glasses or Mirrors.