Grace26764's Comments (87)

Dear Grace, I love your self portrait inspired by Tim Burton. You did a great job, I think Tim Burton would be very impressed. He would also agree with me that you’re much prettier in person than your portrait! Love you! Mimi

Holy moly Grace this is so good!!! It reminds me of a character on TV (I can't seem to recall her name though). How talented you are!!!

Dear Grace, This is beautiful! I love all the bright colors, it reminds me of Mexico! Once again you’ve taught me something new about art AND a new artist. I had never heard about “drip drawings”, what an amazing technique. Keep up the good work, art class must be a lot of fun! You are very creative. I love you so much! Mimi

Grace, What a fun art project! A blue Gummy Bear! I love that color of blue, it looks like the sky on a beautiful Spring day! You did a great job! Have fun in Art class! See you soon! Love you so much, Mimi

Dear Grace, I love your lollipops! They remind me of beautiful beach umbrellas, they’re so bright and cheerful! You did a great job, you’re AMAZING! Love you so much! Mimi

Grace Well done girl! Love the perfectly shaped blue & white Tonka hockey player on ice--very creative. Gpa found the game you were at the other night and going to watch it so see if we catch you sitting on the bench. Keep up with your artistic talent--this is a great and personal one for your portfolio! Love you Gma

Dear Grace, I love that you made this snowman part of your hockey team - very unique and wonderful! Is she your new mascot? What a great idea, I know you love hockey and skating so this is perfect! Great job! I love you so much, Mimi

Dear Grace, These colorful ornaments sure look shiny, how did you do that? You have created so many wonderful pieces of art during the Christmas seasons! It will be difficult for me to choose just one as an ornament for our tree this year! See you soon, I can’t wait! Love you! Mimi

Woah!!!! This is sweet!! Those ornaments look ready to put on a tree. Nice job Grace!!!

Dear Grace, Another fantastic artwork! I love your Rudolph, it’s worth framing for sure! Keep up the great work and have fun. Christmas is coming and Papa and I will see you soon! Love you so much! Mimi

WOW!!! Look at Rudolph!!!!!!! Such amazing work Grace! Love the colors so much too. You captured the Christmas spirit. Xoxo

Dear Grace, I love your “cubist tree”! Very cool. You know I love the Fall season because of football, cooler temps and the beautiful colors of the trees. You nailed it, great job! Keep up the great work in Art class and your other school and sports activities. We are SO proud of you. You’re a beautiful girl, inside and out! Love you! Mimi

This is great, Grace! You created an optical illusion using one point. I love all the colors, the beautiful sunset and especially the windmill. Very creative! You are an awesome artist, keep up the good work and keep having fun! Love you so much! Mimi

this is stunning Grace!!!!!!! I love the beautiful sun and all the color on the page. Need to frame this!

Grace The moon is so beautiful tonight that it woke me up and since I could not sleep looked at my emails to see this wonderful piece of art portraying the sky. Truly stunning and so enjoyed looking at your terrific art portfolio this week at your house. Love you Gma

Well, Grace, once again I learned something new! Thank you! I looked up where Monet’s garden is. Maybe next time you’re in France you can visit the garden. You did a great job, incorporating Monet’s Impressionistic technique. The colors are so serene and beautiful. I love the bridge, you nailed it! Keep up the great work, you’re doing a fantastic job in Art class! Love you! Mimi

Dear Grace, I really enjoyed seeing your “Ocean Silhouettes” drawing. It’s very unique and interesting! I really like it and I imagine being on the floor of the ocean and looking up to see what’s swimming above me! I see a family of turtles, am I right?? Great job! You’re AMAZING! I love you! Mimi

Dear Grace, Wow! You did a great job with this drawing inspired by Georgia O’Keefe’s artwork. I love the pink and white flowers, they’re very tropical looking! I can’t wait for the spring and summer flowers to be in full bloom. They make everyone happy, don’t they? You’re becoming a really great artist, keep up the good work! You’re awesome! Love you! Mimi

Grace Happy Spring with the beauty of these colorful flowers—wish our garden had them in it???? so beautiful to look at especially after your long winter?? Love Gma

Dear Grace, Once again I’m learning about an artist I did not know, Chris Uphues. Thanks for introducing me to him. I learned that he draws “joyful pop-art images” like hearts, he creates graffiti-like art. You did a great job creating joyful hearts, they look so happy and cute. You’re doing a great job, keep up the good work! Your artwork is really awesome just like you! Love, Mimi

Dear Grace We looked at all of your work when you and Maeve were here over New Years but then I forgot to comment after you left. As I told you the gold on this piece of art is rich and strong which enlightens the Joy to the World piece. Your love of art shows here in the bold beautiful colors and makes us happy looking at it. Great job girl--you have talent and be proud of it! Love GMA

Dear Grace, “Joy to the World” is a great title for this piece of artwork. I love everything about what you did - especially the smile on Mary’s face! I think I even see a little smile on Jesus’ face. It is beautiful! You sure captured the meaning of JOY in this drawing. As the song says “He will bring us GOODNESS and JOY”! And we are so blessed! You bring so much joy to everyone you meet, Grace! Never change- you’re perfect! Love you! Mimi

Grace, You did an awesome job drawing this Nutcracker! You made it look very authentic! You are a GREAT artist and I love seeing all that you have created! Keep up the good work and enjoy! Love, Mimi

Dear Grace This guy looks like a happy nutcracker ready to celebrate Christmas unlike some of them GPA has on his office shelf that look rather stoic! As you can tell he loves nurcrackers and they do take on their own personality based on their appearance costume and accessories to go with the theme. I love our Bishop we always put on the fireplace by the manger set at Christmas.Great work! Can't wait to celebrate the season soon with you. Love GMA

GRACE!!!!!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!’ You are such a remarkable artist!!! Love you

Dear Grace This haunted house reminds me of all the houses I went through with your mom and aunt marin when they were young-they loved it but I really didn't because was scary. Another unique drawing that you can add to your portfolio! Love you GMA

I love the colors of the leaves you used to create this girl! She looks happy and she looks ready to dance, that’s what I see! Did you collect all the leaves and twigs? That must have been fun! Another amazing CREATION by Grace! Keep up the great work! And have fun! Love you so much, Mimi

What a scary house you drew, Grace! I would NOT go there for Halloween trick or treat or anything else! Yikes! You did a great job drawing the house, it’s very big but too spooky for me! Keep creating in art class, you’re a very good artist. I hope you had fun at all your Halloween activities, I loved your cowgirl costume, you looked like a real country western STAR! You go Girl! I love you so much! You are so smart, kind and beautiful! Love, Mimi

GAHHH!! What a spooky house!!! Well done Grace. You are such a good artist! Love you!

Dear Grace, What a great job you did with your Pumpkin Patch drawing. I love the different colors and shades of the pumpkins and WOW!- that shade of blue you chose for the sky color, it’s so amazing. It really reminds me why I love Fall so much. Bright sunny days, blue skies and all the beautiful colors of nature! I hope you get to enjoy all these and more fun Fall activities when you go up north this week for MEA break. I can’t wait to hear all about it! Have fun and enjoy the great outdoors! Love you SO much! Mimi

Dear Grace, This is great! Once again you are teaching me something new! I have seen Arcimbildo’s artwork but I didn’t know anything about him or his technique so I did some research. It’s very interesting! I really like the hat you made for your portrait and all the other great things you used! You must have so much fun in Art class! How’s 3rd grade going? Your Mom said you had a field trip last week. Where did you go and was it fun? Keep up your great work in school, you’re a real STAR! ?? Love you so much, my sweet girl! Mimi

Who doesn't love the shape of a heart whether it is on a piece of jewelry or in a piece of art! Appreciate this colorful well designed heart with red blue and purple--gorgeous! Beautiful and loved as are you. Hugs Gma

Between your landcaping project this summer, Aunt Marin's and now ours we need an architect in this family. May need to get your ideas on how we should landcape our garden before the levels cave in. Love the shapes and lines of the colorful art piece. Love Gma

Seem to always feel so much healthier with the sun shining down on us--our bodies need that vitamin D to keep us well and so much better naturally than the pill form. Vivacious piece of colorful art that makes me smile. Love Gma

So enjoyed you sharing your portfolio with me last time was babysitting at your house. You have created some truly impressive pieces since the beginning of your artwork. This home reminds me of a couple of the huts we saw in South Africa while on a safari with family. Love you and so proud of what you have produced in the creative world. Love Gma

Great job, Grace! I love this “Warm and Cool landscapes” drawing. Do you like warm or cool colors? I think I like cool colors in the spring and summer and warm colors in the fall and winter. Did you use paint? What kind? Whatever you used, you did a great job! I like the textures. I’m looking forward to seeing all the art projects you and Maeve will create with Julia this summer. She always has a lot of ideas! Have fun! Love you! ?????? Mimi

Grace It does not get any better than this: celebrating the birth of Christ and singing Oh Holy Night on Christmas Eve! Love our waterford manger set from Ireland and setting it up on our fireplace. Your artwork has gorgeous colors (especially the purple) depicting Jesus Mary and Joseph and the star of Bethlehem shining down on them --a contemporary twist which is great.

Dear Grace, Well, now this might be my favorite of all your drawings! I give you my heart too! This is beautiful and I love it. You’re a beautiful little girl, inside AND outside! Keep up the great work and stay as wonderful as you are! I love you! Mimi

Grace, Well, this might be my favorite work of art that you’ve created! What a Happy Holy Family! And the STAR is great! You did an AMAZING job! I’m definitely going to order some cards with this picture on it, I know our family and friends will love it and they’ll be surprised you painted it because it looks like a professional artist painted it. You ROCK! I love you so much! Mimi

Grace, I love your SUN!! So smiley and happy! That’s exactly how I feel on sunny days! Great job, you and your artwork make me so HAPPY!! Love you! Mimi

Dear Grace, This is fantastic! You did an AMAZING job! Once again, I’ve learned something new from you. I learned this type of painting is used by women in areas of South Africa when they paint houses. So interesting! You used the technique beautifully, the strong geometric patterns that have thick black lines and bold colors. Great job! Love you so much! Mimi

Dear Grace, I love your squirrel! What a great Fall drawing!! The technique you used to draw the fur on the squirrel was great, it seemed 3 dimensional. I also like the squirrel’s fat cheeks, full of acorns, I presume!! And the acorns are really good too, the colors you used make them look real! Great job, you’re an awesome artist, getting better and better every day! Have fun in Art class! Love, Mimi

Grace This piece of art brings back many memories of my Catholic education at Our Lady Of Sorrows in Ladysmith Wisconsin where I grew up. I was honored to be chosen to crown the Blessed Virgin Mother in 8th grade in May before my 8th grade graduation. I will be curious to hear more about your selection of this meaningful piece of artwork that you created. Love

Dear Grace, This is beautiful. Your drawing of Mary reminds me of my elementary school, St. Mary’s. We had a beautiful garden dedicated to the Blessed Mother and we used to visit it and say prayers there. You did a great job! It looks like the statue of Mary at St. Therese! You are an awesome artist! I love you and I’m so proud of you! Mimi

Grace, You’ve created another beautiful animal in your Art class! Well done! I love it! Once again, your choice of colors is wonderful. I love this colorful ‘color wheel’ turtle! See you soon! Love, Mimi

Grace, I love your PARROT! The colors are great, so vivid. There’s so much detail, I know you worked very hard on this! I hope you continue with your art projects this summer. I’m sure Julia has lots of fun ideas for activities for you and Maeve to enjoy! Have fun at school and with all your activities. I love you very much and I’m so proud of who are and what you do! Mimi

Grace You have talent girl! This artwork must have taken forever with all the detail needed to draw the colorful bird & and create the contrasting background. So enjoy seeing your marvelous creations. Makes the day extra special as you are. Love GMA

HOLY SMOKES GRACE!!! This is so cool!!! You are so incredibly talented. Love you!

Grace Purple is a great accent for this beautiful creative piece of art. Looked up Romano Britto art and he see he actually lives right here in this state. There is one of his colorful art pieces that reminds me of you and Maeve--"children of the world" which glows of happiness. His tulips one makes me ready for spring. Great job girl, love gma

WOW GIRL THIS IS TERRIFIC AND SO DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE PRODUCED! HOW DID YOU COME ABOUT TO CREATE THIS? YOU HAVE TALENT THAT NEEDS TO BE PURSURED IN YOUR LIFE IF THERE IS AN INTEREST. WILL BE CURIOUS TO HEAR WHERE YOU GET THE IDEAS FROM TO CREATE THESE WORKS OF ART. LOVE YOU

Dear Grace, I love your Romero Britto inspired artwork, it’s beautiful. I actually know about him, we have one of his lithographs, ‘Paradise Tondo’, in our Florida home! It is in your bedroom where you and Maeve sleep! You did a great job, it really looks like a lot of his art! So colorful and I like all the hearts and words and letters I see, it is fun to look at! You are a gifted artist, Grace! Love, Mimi

Grace, I love your 3D sculpture! The colors are great, very bright and cheerful! All my favorite colors. It makes me smile! I bet you had a lot of fun creating this! Great job! Love, Mimi

Grace Great timing for a beautiful piece of art--Valentines Day! As I mentioned when home last week your creations are terrific. The colors in the heart are magnificent and layout intriguing--"love is in the air." Love you Grace and miss you too.

Grace, I just realized this was inspired by Alma Thomas’ art. I did some research about her. She’s a famous African American artist. You used her mosaic technique and bright colors very well. I’m going to read more about her life and her artwork. I sure am learning a lot about art and artists and their different techniques and styles from you! Thank you! Remember, we’re never too old to learn! Love, Mimi

Grace, This is fantastic! I love your colorful heart, you did a great job! I bet it was a lot of fun creating this, how many days did you work on it? You will have to tell me how you chose the different colors and how you cut the different shapes. You are a great and creative artist. I love seeing what you’re doing in your Art class! I love you so much! ?????????? Mimi

This is AWESOME Grace!!! Love all the color! This must have taken quite some time with all the beautiful details. Way to go girl!

Grace, I really love your Snowman! It looks like a professional artist created it. You are an amazing artist! I hope you’re enjoying your art class, I think you are. This drawing is so special that I’m going to order some cards with it on the front. I will send them to my sisters and friends, I know they will love seeing your artwork! Keep up the great work, we all love seeing what you’ve been creating in art class. Love, Mimi

Wow another great but totally different beautifully created piece of art by none other than our oldest grandaughter! GPA and I happen to be listening to Christmas music right now so this card of Frosty only makes it better. His smile makes me happy but his carrot nose reminds me I am hungry. Great job. Love you Grace

Dear Grace What a great piece of art--you are good girl. This musician reminds me of where I grew up (not Cuba) in northern Wisconsin where we dance to the polka when the musicians would play their accordian. Next time we are together will sing "roll out the barrel" and maybe we can dance to Frankie Yankovitch. Love you, GMA

Grace, I love this drawing. I like how it combines Math, Music and Art. (Math was my favorite subject in school, is it still yours?). You are very clever and artistic. What is the instrument you drew? I think it is an accordion or a keyboard. My favorite instrument to listen to is either a piano or violin but an accordion is great too, I like the sound it makes. I think it would be hard to play, don’t you? I’m so proud of you, Grace! You are such a wonderful student and you are a very kind little girl. You are very special, I hope you believe that! I love you, Mimi

Grace, Your fishbowl is beautiful. The colors are so vivid and pretty! The fish look like some of the ones I’ve seen in your Gpa’s fish tank! You really did a great job, it must have been fun thinking about what you were going to draw and then actually drawing it and deciding what colors to use! I love that you used your imagination! You are an awesome artist! Love you so much, Mimi

Grace, I love your Halloween Train! You showed me the artwork when we were FaceTiming several weeks ago! You are a great artist and I love your printing, you are very good at writing your letters. Keep up the good work, we all love to see what you’ve been working on. Love you so much, Mimi

Love this piece of art--very creative.Remember when you got your first fish bowl at your home. You loved that little guy and have always shown a great interest in GPA's saltwater fish tank at our house.

Grace this fish tank is amazing! Love all the beautiful colors!!!

Love it, Grace! We need to all go on a train ride once Covid19 is over. We have great memories of family train rides when your Mom and Aunt Marin were young. Think we need to take the train before we leave next October (before Halloween) to another city like Chicago or Duluth next year when back in MN.

WAY TO GO GRACE!!!! Looks like a spooky train ride indeed!!!

LOVE this pumpkin!!!!! You are so talented Grace!!!!!

Wow Grace! I love your use of color and brushwork this one. Van Gough would be proud... As is your Aunt! Keep up the amazing work girlie.

Dear Grace Love your latest piece of artwork "Starry Night." The sky has been beautiful these last couple weeks especially with the full moon last week. You truly absorbed the gorgeous colors of the sky from early sunrise with the yellows and orange through out the day to night with the fabulous sunsets. Gpa has been watching the star Venus in the sky around midnight here in Florida in the western part of the sky. Love & miss you

Dear Grace, I love your painting! I understand it was part of a lesson called Starry Night. This is beautiful, the colors are so bright and vivid! I love looking at the night sky. Isn’t it great that we can all see the same stars no matter where we are? I think of you and Maeve and your Mama and Daddy and all the people I love when I look at the night sky filled with stars. I hope you’re thinking of me too! With all my love, Mimi

Grace How did I miss this wild piece of art? You must tell me more about this colorful creature when you visit Florida next month. I was never a great artist but have appreciation for those that are--takes a great deal of patience and creativity which are not my greatest virtues. You are a fortunate child with so many God given gifts. Love Gma

Grace You are a busy girl involved with it all: art tennis skiing swimming golf chess hockey dance cooking and accomplished in all. Love these heart animals--would have been perfect for a valentine card. The different colors and shapes are very creative. Have fun. Love Gma

Dear Grace, I love that we get to see all your beautiful artwork! It’s so much fun for us to see what you’re working on at school. I love this project, I love the stripes you put on your animal. So colorful! I hope you like art class, you are becoming a great artist! Did you use paint or crayons? There’s a book “Where the Wild Things Are”. Have you read it? It’s a lot of fun! And the pictures in the book are great too but not as beautiful as your drawing!! Keep up the great work, Grace, we love you! Mimi

Oh Grace, I love your heart animals! You are so creative! The colors are beautiful and your heart animals look so happy. I think my favorite animal is your ladybug! You did a great job, you are an awesome artist! I love you so much! Mimi

Dear Grace What a great job you did of creating your Penguin. Love the vibrant colors with the green flippers and orange nose/mouth. After seeing you swim in our pool bet you could probably beat the bird in a swimming contest! Love Gma

Grace Love your Penquin--so very colorful and well done. You are becoming an artist that I never was. Congratulations--the colors and precise drawing are something you should be so proud of as I am of you. Love Gma

Dear Grace, I love your PENGUIN! You did a great job with this art project, the green gloves are beautiful! I saw your penguin on your glass door, I love that everyone that visits your house can see all your great artwork! Keep up the great work! Love, Mimi

This is a great drawing of a turkey! It looks just like the turkeys I see sometimes in my backyard in Indiana! I once saw 12 turkeys in our yard! How many have you seen? I love you, Grace, and can’t wait to see you! Mimi

Grace Love your new piece of art "Autumn Impressions!" Very colorful with many of the fall colors used to remind us what a great season it is. Of course I love the addition of the purple heart. Hugs to you, Gma

Grace What a great piece of art especially at this time of year! Bats are not my favorite but this is so creative I can help but love it--especially the purple accents. love Gma

I love your bat, Grace! You did a GREAT job! Happy Halloween! I Love you so much! Mimi

Grace From the looks of this piece of art you could also become an architect or engineer when you go to college. Great lines shapes and color: really cool!

Grace Absolutely love this piece of art and so appropriate for this time of year. This pumpkin is so bright and creates the vision of darkness in the fall with the leaves blowing to welcome winter not far behind. Soon the pumpkin will be sitting on white instead of green grass. Love you

This is the BEST pumpkin ever, Grace! YOU ARE THE MOST AMAZING ARTIST! Love you so much! Mimi

You’re a great artist, Grace!

This is beautiful, Grace! Great job!

Grace How lucky am I--your mom added me to your artwork fan club at St. Therese? This will make me so much happier when I am in FLorida (missing you) as will be able to see the great works of art you will be creating. It seems like you are in a very special place --so enjoyed participating in the childrens mass yesterday and sharing the sign of peace. Love you so very much, Gma