Sunday 28 September 2008

Gothic Arches - Tribute Arch


My freestyle arch is a tribute to Paul Newman who sadly died this week. Although he was twice my age at his time of death I remember having a picture of him in my purse (along with that of Tony Curtis) when I was young. He defined the meaning of handsome.
I chose a blue background as his eyes were such a piercing blue.
One of the things that I most admired was his loyalty to his wife, quite rare in Hollywood. Apparently when questioned about this he said " Why have hamburger when you have steak at home".


19 comments:

Moira said...

Great arch and a lovely tribute to a lovely man

vintage wil said...

great arch !!!

Heather Robinson said...

Oh how lovely to see this today. I've been feeling sad about Paul Newman's passing....we've lost such a wonderful talent and a fantastic person. I too admire his long marriage and his devotion to his five children. He will be missed. Thanks for such a wonderful remembrance of him.

Faye said...

Beautiful tribute. And what a rare individual he was in the Hollywood crowd. I have always admired him and Joanne who was also a star in her own rights. This is a wonderful arch.

Virginia said...

Beautiful arch and a wonderful tribute to a man who did so much to help others..

Willy said...

Great arch and great actor!

Dawn said...

What a lovely tribute to Mr.Newman. Your color is wonderful and the images are put on this so well!

Ginger said...

woo lala loved these men! Great job my friend very clever!
hugs ginger

Kathy said...

What a nice idea, and a very special tribute.

Anonymous said...

Wow...love the images of this movie! Great tribute a very special person. I will always remember his eyes, so blue and kind!

Craftyideas said...

Beautiful arch

Kreativgeschwafel said...

what a wonderful tribute to such a great man!

Ang C said...

a beautiful arch

Karen Owen said...

What a lovely tribute! I too am very saddened by his death. He was a rare jewel.

Anonymous said...

Great tribute of an fabulous actor

~*~Patty S said...

Oh your tribute is so beautiful. It is so sad to see him go, selfishly I wanted him to live forever. I thought about a tribute but could not put it into art....yet. Yours is Lovely = thank you....sniff sniff

Mary-Beth said...

What a wonderful tribute to an incredible person. I actually cried when I heard of his passing, he was and still is an inspiration.

Marva Plummer-Bruno said...

Oh this is awesome! Paul was a fantastic actor and I loved that movie!

Shelly Hickox said...

Very nice - what a great tribute to such a wonderful actor and man.