Penny Richards' photos

A Baltimore Luggage traincase, bought on eBay, upcycled with paint, paper collage, markers, and inks. All images of mothers and children are from Flickr Commons. Image of Mrs. Wing Sing and her son of Montreal, c1890-95, from Musee McCord Museum (see below).

A Baltimore Luggage traincase, bought on eBay, upcycled with paint, paper collage, markers, and inks. All images of mothers and children are from Flickr Commons. Image of Mathilde and Hulda Lundager c. 1892 from the State Library of Queensland: www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/4582636453/ Image of woman and Sabatier's daughter from George Eastman House: www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/3333244831/

A Baltimore Luggage traincase, bought on eBay, upcycled with paint, paper collage, markers, and inks. All images of mothers and children are from Flickr Commons. Image of Mathilde and Hulda Lundager c. 1892 from the State Library of Queensland: www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/4582636453/

A Baltimore Luggage traincase, bought on eBay, upcycled with paint, paper collage, markers, and inks. All images of mothers and children are from Flickr Commons. Image of unknown woman and child from George Eastman House: www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/2677477135/

A Baltimore Luggage traincase, bought on eBay, upcycled with paint, paper collage, markers, and inks. All images of mothers and children are from Flickr Commons. Aboriginal woman and child, Vancouver BC, 1901, from Musee McCord (see below), Slovak woman and baby from New York Public Library (see below). Aslaug Turner and her children from the Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane (see below).

Last night in the old location. This is what my daughter got from the Waffles de Liege truck--Dutch chocolate ice cream, white chocolate sauce. It was good stuff.

Second-hand Ande purse, upcycled with paint, ink, sharpies, modpodge, krylon.

Second-hand Ande purse, upcycled with paint, ink, sharpies, modpodge, krylon. Image of Willa Beatrice Brown from the US National Archives uploads to Flickr Commons (see below). Brown was the first African-American woman to earn a commercial pilot's license in the US. She was also the first African-American woman to receive a commission as lieutenant in the US Civil Air Patrol. She taught aeronautics at a high school after the war, and ran for Congress three times.

Second-hand Ande purse, upcycled with paint, ink, sharpies, modpodge, krylon, paper collage.

Second-hand Ande purse, upcycled with paint, ink, sharpies, modpodge, krylon, paper collage. Image of an Egyptian woman in ceremonial dress from the New York Public Library uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Made by me with paper scraps, recycled cardboard, paper collage, brads, paper flowers, paint, sharpies, inks, rubber stamps. Original image of unnamed Norwegian woman from the Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane uploads to Flickr Commons.

Made by me with paper scraps, recycled cardboard, paper collage, brads, paper flowers, paint, sharpies, inks. Image of actress Alla Nazimova (1879-1945).

One of the 5x5 squares I did at Chalk It Up today--hard to photograph with all the shadows from the tree overhead. Based in part on Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot's 1845, "Woman Reading a Book" (see below).

A part of the chalkway/walkway at Chalk it Up, 4/30/11.

My other 5x5 square at Chalk It Up today; based in part on Leslie's 1879 "Alice in Wonderland" (see below).

Chef Che's truck @sbdindinagogo tonight. We had the empanadas combo.

Street tacos from the GetYourLardon truck, @SBDinDinAGoGo, 4/28/11.

Earrings: thrifted Dress: Mlle Gabrielle (thrifted) T-shirt: LOL Vintage (thrifted) Tights: probably Hue Shoes: Skechers (outlet) Watch: Fossil (gift) Hair: Sally's Beauty Supply ;) Went for tea with daughter and her friends and their mom. Arms still look sunburnt from doing chalk art last weekend.