Meet Miss Pearce

Welcome to another Met Monday! If this is your first time visiting a Met Monday please go visit Susan over at BetweenNapsOnThePorch to see all the wonderful bloggers participating in this fun event! If you read my blog post from Saturday you read that I did pick up something from the Ethan Allen sale. Here she is. Titled Miss Pearce. That name didn't last long as Little Miss Whimsy quickly told me her name should be "Mary". "Really?" said I. "Because I think she looks like a Juliet or Maybe an Anneliese". To which Little Miss Whimsy replied "Maybe an Elizabeth but not a Juliet or Anneliese". Thus concluded the debate on the name of her and now she is known as Mary Elizabeth! She was a find marked down 80% to a shocking $75! She is an oil on canvas. This sea shore painting was picked out for my former house and I love it. It was perfect for our home and its decor out in California. In this home it has been admired by me just the same but once my decor started evolving in our current home the painting started losing its place. Then my friend gave me the lovely topiaries when she moved and it confirmed all the more that the painting was not really right for the area. So I have been keeping my eyes open, looking for something vertical instead of horizontal to balance out the topiaries. I also needed something with more visual weight to counter the black I have in the room.

When I spotted "Mary Elizabeth" I was immediately smitten. I loved the colors of the painting. The green dress would work with the greens in my room. The dark back ground would balance the weight of the topiaries as well as the black in the room. Plus it was vertical!!! But was it too big?

A quick call to Mr Whimsy to measure the space above the fireplace confirmed it would fit. I walked around the sale and contemplated. I thought she was rather formal for my space but in the end I liked her enough to pick her up. I am happy I did. I am pleased with how she looks in the space.

The beach scene looks so washed out in comparison to "Mary Elizabeth".

Mary Elizabeth ended up being just what I was hoping for. Boy am I happy I decided to go to the sale! Thanks for joining me for another fun Met Monday. Come back on Wednesday to see what else is on my walls in this room when I participate Whats on your Walls Wednesday hosted by Barb over at Grits and Glamour.