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"Art, Like Cookies for the Soul" |
Welcome to Emma's Page
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Only for happiness, repainted dolls . . . a new kind of "canvas"
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Where to find Nancy Lee's dolls . . . 402.274.3040 phone or nancylee@nancyleemoran.com
This sweet doll now models handmade clothing by Vicki.
In this photo, Raven borrowed from Nancy Lee a dress and a wig (one size too big!) for her debut pictures in Nancy's art studio, to see if Vicki would like any paint refinements. Raven's name is to be Emma Bertha, after Vicki's grandmother. Please scan down the page to see her modeling debut.
Kish Raven as Emma is shown here with Nancy's repainted Riley named Betsy.
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In this wig, I look like a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charles Dickens.
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May I try another style and color please?
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I look thoughtful in brown hair.
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Auburn waves bring out the green in my hazel eyes.
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This wig . . . Again?
Am I to be Charles Dicken's Miss Dorrit?
A lovely heroine, surely, but this is 2009!
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And did I mention that Nancy listened to the audiobook Great Expectations while painting me & watched Miss Dorrit on Public TV on some evenings?
How glad I'll be to leave Nancy's studio and fly home to Vicki. I hope Vicki is more modern!
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Raven Cheeky 2008
Factory Artisan Paint |
Nancy Lee's Painting |
About this doll commission . . .
The artisan painting done in China creates a lovely doll to the specifications of Helen Kish. In my painting, I aim only for less doll-like and more life-like, to see how much illusion of life I can achieve. Some painting work I do is of such delicacy, in transparent layers, with such time involved, that it would probably be cost-prohibitive to do it within a doll factory setting.
This DOLL: Helen Kish (Kish & Company) introduced in 2007 her Chrysalis Series of 14" ball-jointed vinyl dolls. The girls as of 2009 are Lark, Piper, Raven, Song, and Wren. Emma began as Raven Cheeky. Each doll has thirteen joints (neck, shoulders, knees, wrists, hips at leg, knees and ankles). Each can stand and balance on her own without a doll stand.
After removing all factory paint, I am using artist-grade alkyd-oil paints (in thin translucent glazes) with the addition of alkyd resin to make the paint surface become as flexible as the doll’s vinyl skin and to make it adhere well. I finely sand (Q-tip and finest pumice) the surface before painting it for better adhesion.
COLORS: Some computer screens may modify the color of the art. Some may make the image lighter or darker than it is. The doll has finer detail and more subtle coloring than a computer-jpeg-photo can show.
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Nancy Lee Moran's POLICY TO SHOW RESPECT FOR HELEN KISH & other doll creators is as follows:
The dolls I use were factory painted. I would never repaint a doll that the artist (Helen Kish) had painted herself, such as some of those in the Kish Signature Line. I would not paint one in a limited edition of fewer than 300 (preferably 500 or more). I consult the beautiful book I own:
Helen Kish: The Artist and Her Dolls by Louise Fecher (hardcover published in 2006). I am NOT affiliated with any doll company, creator or manufacturer.
Please send your questions and requests to Nancy at nancylee@nancyleemoran.com
or by phone: 402-274-3040 Central Time
All rights reserved. All art and photos on the site are protected by copyright © law.
Each may only be reproduced with written permission of the artist. Site page design copyrighted © by Nancy Lee Moran.
Thank you for visiting Nancy Lee Moran's website!
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