"Female Pills" - Jelaine Faunce - 6" x 6" - oil on hardboard panel
"Nectar Detectors" - M Collier - 6" x 6" - oil on hardboard panel
"Son, we found this in your room, and..." - Otto Lange - 6" x 6" - oil on hardboard panel
This month's challenge subject was chosen by me, and I picked antique specimen bottles. I should note that they are also often referred to as antique pill bottles, and I chose to treat mine as such for my own painting.
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I admit that my painting subject might easily be considered sexist or insensitive except that, you know, I'm a woman. And I can say with great certainty that a handful of chocolate chips at certain times of the month is far more satisfying than a handful of Midol.
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I recently acquired several antique medicinal labels and thought this particular label was downright hilarious. Had to use it. For those wondering, it reads, "FEMALE PILLS - Take one at noon and two at bedtime". Pffffttt!!! As if three a day would be enough. Don't you wonder what was in those original pills???? Sodium Penethol? Heroin? Pot? Probably a placebo of grandma's baking flour sprinkled liberally with cocaine. Kind of like how Coca-Cola initially had that little extra KICK to it, according to Wikipedia. Wheeeeeee!!!
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I digress.
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You know what's also really funny to me is that, on the original label, the lettering is not as precise as our modern labels. The lettering really was kind of "off", the old printing press style. Actually, it reminded me of those woodblock print mass produced prayer papers like you'd get at the Chinese grocery just before New Year's. Sort of perfect in their imperfection. You have no idea how much I struggled to clean the lettering up. In the end my devotion to the true image won out over my obsessive nature. Yet I'm still twitching about it. That will likely never change. Maybe I should have been a graphic artist after all. LOL
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If your sense of humor runs a little toward the dark side like mine, and you'd like purchase information for "Female Pills", please email me at jpfstudio@yahoo.com
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I admit that my painting subject might easily be considered sexist or insensitive except that, you know, I'm a woman. And I can say with great certainty that a handful of chocolate chips at certain times of the month is far more satisfying than a handful of Midol.
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I recently acquired several antique medicinal labels and thought this particular label was downright hilarious. Had to use it. For those wondering, it reads, "FEMALE PILLS - Take one at noon and two at bedtime". Pffffttt!!! As if three a day would be enough. Don't you wonder what was in those original pills???? Sodium Penethol? Heroin? Pot? Probably a placebo of grandma's baking flour sprinkled liberally with cocaine. Kind of like how Coca-Cola initially had that little extra KICK to it, according to Wikipedia. Wheeeeeee!!!
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I digress.
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You know what's also really funny to me is that, on the original label, the lettering is not as precise as our modern labels. The lettering really was kind of "off", the old printing press style. Actually, it reminded me of those woodblock print mass produced prayer papers like you'd get at the Chinese grocery just before New Year's. Sort of perfect in their imperfection. You have no idea how much I struggled to clean the lettering up. In the end my devotion to the true image won out over my obsessive nature. Yet I'm still twitching about it. That will likely never change. Maybe I should have been a graphic artist after all. LOL
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If your sense of humor runs a little toward the dark side like mine, and you'd like purchase information for "Female Pills", please email me at jpfstudio@yahoo.com
