Original Painting Dottie West Patsy Cline 16" x 20"
Patsy was my grandmother’s music idol and close friend. This painting I did of the two of them is from an actual photo.
The photo was taken by Patsy’s husband Charlie Dick in July 1962 in Deland, Florida. They were there with several other artists (Sonny James, Webb Pierce, etc) to film a low budget B film in which ended up a bust. Back then it was common for country or rock artists to do a film singing without much acting. But the movie producer ran off with the money and no one got paid and the movie didn’t happen. Even though my grandmother was making guest appearances on the Grand Ole Opry at this time, her and my grandad didn’t have much money. Patsy gave my grandmother gas money just to make it home from Florida. She hired my grandmother as her wardrobe assistant and my grandad to be in the band to help them get by. Patsy had a premonition of her own early death. At one time, she had been in a bad car accident, being thrown into the windshield. My grandmother was the first to arrive on the scene, and ride in the ambulance with her to the hospital picking glass from her hair. After this she gave my grandmother a scrapbook of photos and said to give it to her kids if she passed. My grandmother later did that, and it is now in the Patsy museum.
They were very close, and both performed on the last show Patsy ever did, as I’ve told the story many times. She begged Patsy not to get on the plane in bad weather and ride home with them in their car but she chose the plane (in a hurry to get home to her kids) that ended her life.
This portrait is painted on canvas, and does not come framed, but can be displayed with or without a frame. Comes with free US shipping and a signed certificate of authenticity that I painted it.
Patsy was my grandmother’s music idol and close friend. This painting I did of the two of them is from an actual photo.
The photo was taken by Patsy’s husband Charlie Dick in July 1962 in Deland, Florida. They were there with several other artists (Sonny James, Webb Pierce, etc) to film a low budget B film in which ended up a bust. Back then it was common for country or rock artists to do a film singing without much acting. But the movie producer ran off with the money and no one got paid and the movie didn’t happen. Even though my grandmother was making guest appearances on the Grand Ole Opry at this time, her and my grandad didn’t have much money. Patsy gave my grandmother gas money just to make it home from Florida. She hired my grandmother as her wardrobe assistant and my grandad to be in the band to help them get by. Patsy had a premonition of her own early death. At one time, she had been in a bad car accident, being thrown into the windshield. My grandmother was the first to arrive on the scene, and ride in the ambulance with her to the hospital picking glass from her hair. After this she gave my grandmother a scrapbook of photos and said to give it to her kids if she passed. My grandmother later did that, and it is now in the Patsy museum.
They were very close, and both performed on the last show Patsy ever did, as I’ve told the story many times. She begged Patsy not to get on the plane in bad weather and ride home with them in their car but she chose the plane (in a hurry to get home to her kids) that ended her life.
This portrait is painted on canvas, and does not come framed, but can be displayed with or without a frame. Comes with free US shipping and a signed certificate of authenticity that I painted it.
Patsy was my grandmother’s music idol and close friend. This painting I did of the two of them is from an actual photo.
The photo was taken by Patsy’s husband Charlie Dick in July 1962 in Deland, Florida. They were there with several other artists (Sonny James, Webb Pierce, etc) to film a low budget B film in which ended up a bust. Back then it was common for country or rock artists to do a film singing without much acting. But the movie producer ran off with the money and no one got paid and the movie didn’t happen. Even though my grandmother was making guest appearances on the Grand Ole Opry at this time, her and my grandad didn’t have much money. Patsy gave my grandmother gas money just to make it home from Florida. She hired my grandmother as her wardrobe assistant and my grandad to be in the band to help them get by. Patsy had a premonition of her own early death. At one time, she had been in a bad car accident, being thrown into the windshield. My grandmother was the first to arrive on the scene, and ride in the ambulance with her to the hospital picking glass from her hair. After this she gave my grandmother a scrapbook of photos and said to give it to her kids if she passed. My grandmother later did that, and it is now in the Patsy museum.
They were very close, and both performed on the last show Patsy ever did, as I’ve told the story many times. She begged Patsy not to get on the plane in bad weather and ride home with them in their car but she chose the plane (in a hurry to get home to her kids) that ended her life.
This portrait is painted on canvas, and does not come framed, but can be displayed with or without a frame. Comes with free US shipping and a signed certificate of authenticity that I painted it.