They Were Gay (continued)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by raoulpat

As my final project for Chris McDonald’s Foundational class, which ended last April, I decided to do another take on Gertrude Stein’s famous quote from Miss Furr and Miss Skeene (1922). (See my earlier post They Were Gay). This one has a formal Humanist look, with a large illuminated letter T in the white vine style. The body text was done using Moon Palace sumi ink, and the illuminated letter T is in watercolor and gold leaf.

Thanks for your patience!

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I got started as a calligrapher in 2009, and haven't put my pen down since. Some of the services that I provide are wedding calligraphy, quinceañera calligraphy, envelope addressing, place cards and transforming inspirational citations into framable artwork.

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4 Responses to They Were Gay (continued)

O'Meara says:

July 1, 2016 at 1:35 am

Beautiful!!! You are so talented, Raoul!!!

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Elena Caruthers says:

July 1, 2016 at 2:12 pm

Very nice, Raoul. Hope you are well.

Best, Elena

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Sandra G. says:

July 5, 2016 at 12:42 am

Dear Cousin, you do such wonderful work with interesting text content. This last one made me feel quite gay which I am not regularly. Mostly I’m bleak. But seriously, I admire your work very much!!!
hugs,
Sandra

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- raoulpat says:
  
  July 11, 2016 at 5:45 am
  
  Dear Sandra,
  
  It sounds like you need to find ways of being gay there that you are using in being gay there. Or if you love Gertrude Stein, like I do, maybe you just need to read the whole book at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33403/33403-h/33403-h.htm#MISS_FURR_AND_MISS_SKEENE
  
  Love,
  Raoul
  
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