Wednesday, July 15, 2009

WOMAN IN CHAIR





WOMAN IN CHAIR is a 5x7 pastel on PastelBord.












I know. You're wondering where I come up with such creative titles. Believe me, it isn't easy. Here's my thought process:

Hmmmmmm. What should I call this one? How about Annette in a chair. No. Too many Annettes already. And it's boring. Maybe if I say it in French, it'll sound better. No. I don't speak French. I could look the translation up online. No. That would seem so pretentious and everybody would know what I did. Maybe I should say something about the room. Hmmmmm. What? Maybe "Abstract Study in Brown, Blue, Orange"...Fuhgettaboutit. It's a woman in a chair.

And maybe my next one will be "Woman in a Chair II".

And for you purists, who are thinking, "That quotation mark should be after the period," I know. It just always looks funny to me. So I broke the rule. I have a great web site for you:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Correct-Spelling-Punctuation-and-Apostrophe-Use/74280614587?ref=nf

5 comments:

  1. Margaret, love your painting, and I agree with your punctuation too!

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  2. Oh you sound just like me when naming things! I just can never think of anything clever or catchy. I like "woman in a chair"!
    Both the painting and the title!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 16, 2009

    Margaret, this was too funny! I guess because I'm the same way - my sister is always giving me a hard time about anything I give a title too - she's constantly saying, "that's creative!". You would think for those of us who are creative we could come up with creative titles.

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  4. don't know about you, but after finishing the painting I'm ready to move on to the next one without spending too much time on cute titles. Besides, I never remember them!

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  5. Naming paintings is really difficult and I agree it is very impossible to come up with an original title. What about instead of Annette you could call it "Bath time."

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