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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Wed May 28, 2014, 01:33 PM May 2014

The Holly Boy [View all]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/191091350/the-holly-boy-original-painting-folk?ref=shop_home_active_1

There used to be an old custom in some parts of England of the ‘Holly-Boy’, wherein the boys in the village built an effigy of holly known as the ‘Holly-Boy’. It was stolen by the young girls in the village and then burned.
Here is my fantastical and macabre interpretation of the folk tradition. Acrylic on canvas board 8" x 10".

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I wish I could afford it. Would you consider doing a # edition print of this at a lower price point? Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #1

At some point I'm probably going to get prints made. My Good Babushka May 2014 #2

If at that time, I can afford that one and the other one I was interested in (a few weeks ago) Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #3

Someone on DU had expressed an interest in Witch Bottle My Good Babushka May 2014 #4

Yes that is the one. Thanks. Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #5