Stories From My Grandmother

Here is the reworked image - Now with a complete overhaul.
The story she is telling is in regards to the great 1950
flood in Winnipeg.

Posted by G.B. SHETTLER on Wed, 09/24/14 16:26
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Comments by Nathan Leonard Kern on Wed, 09/24/14 19:08

Very good image that tells a story. Iwish your grandmother could be seen a bit better


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 09/24/14 19:13

I like the result of your reworking of the original posted image. The faces woven into the tree trunk works to unite the house (I would imagine your home in youth) and the newspaper headlining the 1950 Winnipeg flood. Having lived through the flood of 1997 I can only imagine the impact on the city and the people by the flood of 1950.


Comments by Michael Meek on Thu, 09/25/14 08:17

Love the design of this. The wood carries the other elements as if in swirling water. The light reveals wonderful detail throughout. A story gets told in the most creative way imaginable. Very interesting to note that nature as depicted by the ancient tree contains the sophisticated characters and their elegant home to tell a story of resilience and the flow of time. Beautiful job, Greg.


Comments by G.B. SHETTLER on Thu, 09/25/14 09:26

to note: the Title I have used is one that I would like to use over
time. As we all have stories from our Grandparents and thus opens a
vast window for me to maybe create stories from combining images.
This image - is like all stories handed down to families is not
actually mine. But Iam sure it happened to many families. I did not
grow up in such a house. But this is a Winnipeg house obviously
around in 1950. The Male is a statue from Assiniboine park - the
Grandmother is a stone statue from a small town in Manitoba.


Comments by Maria Salvador on Sun, 09/28/14 07:35

Stories flow, like rivers, and it is very well told here. Well done and surely very nice and rich of emotion.