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More Items of Interest about Louise B. Hansen

Louise has made Ukrainian decorated eggs. These are made using a wax resist method. The egg is died the lightest color and then wax is put over the design that is to stay light, then the next darker color is applied and wax is again applied to the design that is to be that color. This is done over and over with progressively darker colors until the egg is decorated and then all of the wax is removed. A friend had a collection of decorated eggs and Louise agreed to make a dozen for a symphony auction. She made about 60 eggs to get 12 that she was pleased with.

Ukrainian decorated eggs by Louise Hansen, using a wax resist method

Louise enjoys gardening on one and a half acres in Terra Haute. Occasionally a lawn service will stop and ask if she would like to sign up for their service to control her weeds. But what they call weeds are the spring beauties that dot her lawn like spring snow. Louise does not paint flowers in "arrangements." She prefers to paint nature as it occurs in her yard. She has used her strawberry patch as inspiration in three different paintings. The most recent shows three chipmunks enjoying the fruit of her labor.

3 Bandits - watercolor by Louise Hansen

Louise's love of nature may be traced back to her Grandfather. She says he went for a two mile walk through the cemetery every day until has eyesight was so bad that the journey became perilous. Not wanting to miss his exercise, he would put stones in a can and walk the length of his property, carrying one stone at a time to the far end where he would leave it and walk back. He continued to carry a stone until the can was empty and then he knew he had walked his two miles.

Visitor - watercolor by Louise Hansen

Sources of information: From interviews with Louise B. Hansen

All artwork is protected by copyright of the artist.

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