16x20. Oil on canvas panel. 2013
I was doing a still life painting at the BBAC and needed some items to paint. I found the statue in some stuff Kaye got from her Mom, Marie, after Great Grandma Ethel Hawke died in Marquette Michigan. The statue is an Art Deco style design that was very popular in the 1930’s, and you’ll often see this type of artwork on Antiques Roadshow. It’s actually on my bookshelf right now, a few years back I put gold leaf on it. I always thought it is very cool ! The trophy was won in the 1930’s by George Hawke Jr. “ Young Man of the Year” I believe. From a Fraternal Organization in Marquette. ( Elks Club ? ) As far as I know it sits on a bookshelf in George Hawke the Third’s basement in Rochester MI. Kaye and I decided that he should have it many years ago. And that’s the last place I saw it, I think it’s still there. The big copper plate I’m not sure where that came from but likely Marie had that too, and gave it to us.