Quilted Art Panels

E.A. Autrey "Self Portrait" pastel 

Lucy Autrey Wilson "Independent Bee" pen & ink

Lucy Autrey Wilson "Mouth, Nose and Boots" pencil

Lucy Autrey Wilson "The Taylor Twins School Daze" photo

J.A. Autrey "Abstract" watercolor with glitter

J.L. Autrey "Baby Tiger" watercolor

J.L. Autrey "Blue Bird" watercolor with button

E.A. Autrey "Gas Pump" watercolor and "All American Shoe" etching

The Ghost of E.A. Autrey

In my kitchen window hangs a stained glass portrait of a rooster, made by my father, the late, great, E.A. Autrey.  In the evening, the sun hits it in such a way that it casts a beautiful colored shadow over my cast iron painted frog.  Perhaps it is E.A.'s colorful spirit come to say good evening.

More E.A. Autrey Original Art

Top to Bottom:
1.  Five Autrey Girls photograph with wax mustaches
2.  Bottles pastel
3.  Candle pastel
4.  File Cabinet watercolor
5.  Still Life with Fruit pastel
6.  SB Research watercolor (very old)
7.  Self Portrait etching
8.  Self Portrait pastel
9.  Self Portrait woodcut
10. Singer Sewing Machine watercolor (very old)
11. Still Life with Paintbox oil
12. Still Life with Pitcher oil
13. Trees etching
14.  Various etchings and one ceramic tile
15.  Various pastels

Newly Discovered E.A. Autrey Art

Moving E.A. Autrey into assisted living, means going through nearly 94 years of accumulated stuff and trying to decide what to keep and what to toss.  As I am a pack rat like my father, I'm squirrelling much of it away at my house.  Above images are mostly newly discovered art.  From Top To bottom:
1.  The Piano oil painting, done in 2009 at age 78, was already hanging in my kitchen, but the sketch of it below is new.
2.  Plant watercolor, 1985
3.  Self Portrait, 1977
4.  Photo of vase (with self portrait reflection) and Raid
5.  Pastel sketch of candlestick and blue glass vase (hand blown by E.A. in another class)
6.  Toy in wagon, reminiscent of E.A.'s sister Reva's paintings, 1988
7.  Candelabra and blue glass vase, undated
8.  Table and chair, 1988
9.  Still life with duck, 1985
10.  Still life with ivy, 1985
11.  Still life with paint, 1985
12.  Still life with shelves, 1985
13.  Bucket, 1985

E.A. Autrey Quilted Grocery Bag

Now that 93 year old E.A. Autrey cannot drive his van anymore, I made him a deluxe two-sided canvas grocery bag with one of his self portraits on one side and a favorite bucket oil painting on the other.  Going to the store on the bus with this bag should be lots of fun!

Sunflowers Galore

Continuing on my theme of sunflowers, as first seen in my blog October 15th and again in my blog October 19th, the painting on top of this trio of paintings is a new oil on canvas 18" x 24" titled "Mixed Flowers in Vase." Sunflowers are also a theme of Autrey family painters with the watercolor in the middle a large, gorgeous painting by my mother J.L. Autrey and the trippy sunflower in vase below, an oil by my father E.A. Autrey.   One could say that families that paint sunflowers together, stay together!

Father Affected By Time

As the end of another year approaches, it seems fitting to look back at how time affects the stages of man - in this case E.A. Autrey from 1947 to 2005

Paintbrush bouquet

Another inspirational painting with elements that show up in the balloon bouquet

Susan not so Blue

Here's the original photo taken by E.A. Autrey of Susan with her boat.

E.A. Autrey Art

Old gas pump - old gas prices!