French Rose: Marie Folk Art Painting

History is full of interesting people. Fictional books are written about their lives interwoven with some true facts and that makes the person even more fascinating. Take Princess Marie Antoinette who had an arranged marriage, missed home, loved flowers and ate cakes. (We do share those last two loves.) She also made powdered grey hair very popular. The more the merrier and we thought it was the 60's that gave us that look of teased hair and ringlits cascading down.

I painted this folk art portrait of Princess Marie because she loved roses and wee animals. It's titled "FRENCH ROSE: MARIE" and you can read more about it here.

MARIE ANTOINETTE Versailles Original Folk Art Painting

Did you know that young Marie was quite the artist herself? A princess artist. You can see her drawings online and her sister painted as well.

I finished this folk art painting and it is listed for sale here. It's titled DANCING WITH PUPPY. As you can see she is dancing with cupcakes as well! I am in love with a hint of pink old fashioned roses and the french seem to have many, many of them.