{"id":2068,"date":"2011-08-12T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2011-08-12T17:18:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T23:18:32","slug":"very-early-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"(Very) Early Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just posted some work from my childhood and teen years on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Amy-Guidry\/51953219932\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Fan Page<\/a>.\u00a0 I thought it would be fun to share on here as well.\u00a0 I have been digging up older work for future projects- videos, mainly- and came across some fun pieces.\u00a0 Of course I then remembered some pieces that I haven&#8217;t seen and don&#8217;t actually know what became of them.\u00a0 As a kid, I gave away drawings, plus I think teachers ended up with some.\u00a0 So I have some more digging to do apparently.\u00a0 Here are a few of my finds (click on the photo to see the entire image):<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2068 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=2069'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Parish-Fair-poster-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2069\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2069'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. Tammany Parish Fair poster- 1987.  My design was picked as the poster winner for the fair that year.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=2070'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Madonna-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2070\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2070'>\n\t\t\t\t16 yrs old- pastel pencil drawing of Madonna\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=2071'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Chris-Cornell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2071\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2071'>\n\t\t\t\tcirca 17 yrs old- charcoal drawing of Chris Cornell\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=2074'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Donnie-Walhberg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2074\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2074'>\n\t\t\t\tcirca 13\/14 yrs. old- charcoal and oil pastel of Donnie Walhberg\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=2075'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/scan0006-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2075\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2075'>\n\t\t\t\tEarly high school- maybe 13\/14 yrs. old- watercolor and pencil still life\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?attachment_id=2076'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Perfume-Bottle2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2076\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2076'>\n\t\t\t\tRepeat performance (posted this one once already)- I was 16 at the time- pencil drawing of Ralph Lauren&#8217;s Safari; SOLD\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And if you&#8217;d like to see what I&#8217;ve been up to lately, visit my website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AmyGuidry.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.AmyGuidry.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just posted some work from my childhood and teen years on my Facebook Fan Page.\u00a0 I thought it would be fun to share on here as well.\u00a0 I have been digging up older work for future projects- videos, mainly- and came across some fun pieces.\u00a0 Of course I then remembered some pieces that I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=2068\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">(Very) Early Days<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1092,871,465,34,5,55,169,54,95,1093],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paintings","tag-childhood-art","tag-talented-art-program","tag-acadiana","tag-amy-guidry","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-drawing","tag-lafayette","tag-louisiana","tag-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}