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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Wed May 28, 2014, 12:33 PM May 2014

The Holly Boy

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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The Holly Boy (Original Post) My Good Babushka May 2014 OP

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

Tuesday Afternoon

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

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2014, 12:46 PM

May 2014

My Good Babushka

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2. At some point I'm probably going to get prints made.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #1)

Wed May 28, 2014, 01:16 PM

May 2014

I will probably also post that here, when they become available.
Thank you for looking.

Tuesday Afternoon

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3. If at that time, I can afford that one and the other one I was interested in (a few weeks ago)

Reply to My Good Babushka (Reply #2)

Wed May 28, 2014, 01:26 PM

May 2014

I would like to buy both. Do you remember the other one, off hand, that I was interested in?

I can search back and find if you don't.

My Good Babushka

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4. Someone on DU had expressed an interest in Witch Bottle

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #3)

Wed May 28, 2014, 01:59 PM

May 2014

https://www.etsy.com/listing/181865451/witch-bottle-print-fairy-tale-folk-tale?ref=shop_home_active_1
Is this the one?

Tuesday Afternoon

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5. Yes that is the one. Thanks.

Reply to My Good Babushka (Reply #4)

Wed May 28, 2014, 03:48 PM

May 2014

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