Norman Rockwell - Christmas Homecoming (1948)

In 1948, Rockwell created his vision of a happy Christmas reunion by gathering all three of his boys in a single painting. We see the back of his oldest son, Jerry, receiving a joyful hug from his mother, Mary. To the left of Mary, in a plaid shirt, is son Tommy. Youngest son, Peter, appears on the far left wearing glasses. To Mary’s right, with that ubiquitous pipe, is happy Dad, who occasionally made cameo appearances in his paintings. To make this scene of the homecoming even more joyous, Rockwell added friends and neighbors from his community in Arlington, Vermont. Many of these people appeared on other Rockwell covers, like the little boy holding the hat, who was the main character in Rockwell’s A Day in the Life of a Boy. Rockwell also used the boy’s baby sitter—the blonde girl on the far right—and his mother and baby brother, who was dressed in a pink sweater. The little girls in red jumpers are actually one girl—the daughter of Rockwell’s doctor—who was so cute, he painted her as twins. Rockwell’s good friend and fellow Post artist, Mead Schaeffer, is at the very top left. His daughters, who posed for Rockwell are also shown: blonde Lee is just left of Norman, redheaded Patty, stands to the right of Tommy. And what family gathering is complete without a grandmother? Happy to pose for the role was none other than Grandma Moses, who started painting at 67. “When I knew her,” Rockwell wrote, “she was over 85 years old, a spry, white-haired little woman. Like a lively sparrow.” (source)

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894 - 1978), Wet Paint, 1930, oil on canvas.

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I FINALLY found the time and motivation to finish this piece.

26 hours of work went into this fella and I am quite pleased with how he turned out! Norman Rockwell is a huge inspiration of mine, so I just had to paint Alastor based off some of his work.

Prints will be available in my shop soon!

Norman Rockwell, 1966.

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Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s “Girl Running with Wet Canvas”

I’ve always loved this homage.

The Shiner (Girl with Black Eye, The Young Lady with the Shiner), 1953 by Norman Rockwell  (American, 1894--1978)

1953: The Soda Jerk by Norman Rockwell.

Philip Gladstone, At the Ready watercolour and mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 11"

Norman Rockwell - Little Girl Looking Downstairs at Christmas Party (1964)

Artist Jester 🎨 Inspired by Norman Rockwell's 'Wet Paint'

"Just one more thing-

I know we're all probably anxious to get home, but I got this problem here. How is it that a man who makes more than our city's entire budget in a year doesn't pay the same amount of taxes as guys making, oh let's say... 50 thousand a year?

Can you see my confusion?"

A Norman Rockwell inspired sketch of Alastor tinkering with some radios~

Can’t wait to add color to this!

Me and the mutuals 💋

“Mermaid (A Fair Catch)” Saturday Evening Post, August 20, 1955 Cover by Norman Rockwell