– Lin Yutang
This must be why I often say “I needed that!” after a good belly laugh.
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
The owner of this restaurant, Debbie Gibbens, has the best set of marketing skills! She is always doing something original and quirky to promote her businesses. (Besides this restaurant in Eufaula, she has 3 locations of Libby’s, a wonderful clothing store; in Eufaula, Tulsa and St. Louis.) Debbie commissioned this postcard. She wanted the restaurant, a VW bug and a sock monkey. The trailer was my idea and she liked it. I also did their sign when they first opened. The olive is a carved, dimensional olive.
Here are some of the practice steps I took on the way to the final painting…
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Chinese author Lin Yutang wrote more than 35 books in English and Chinese, including My Country and My People and The Importance of Living, which brought him international fame. He was born in 1895 in the Fujian province in China. He created a Chinese-American dictionary, an indexing system for Chinese letters, and translated many classic Chinese texts. Written in a humorous, accessible style, his books bridged European and Chinese cultures. He died in 1976.
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