Mudder

by Laurie Tietjen

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36.000 x 24.000 inches

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Title

Mudder

Artist

Laurie Tietjen

Medium

Painting - Watercolor On Watercolor Paper

Description

"Mudder". 24" x 36" Watercolor on Watercolor Paper.

This is a portrait of an Amish boy with his mother. "Mudder" is Low German for "Mother", and Low German is the dialect that these people speak.

My inspiration has come from several areas. First, I grew up in a part of Missouri that was heavily populated by Amish and Mennonite families, and I now live in an area in Kansas that is also populated by these families. I was also inspired by the cultural links these people share with my own family.

Although my family was not of Anabaptist (they were originally Lutheran), I have discoverd that it does share some similar European roots. My paternal grandfather's family came over from the Hamburg area of Northern Germany where Low German was the common language, and where a branch of the Amish/Mennonite families also originate. His family retained a great deal of the cultural traditions and work ethics, including the language, through his generation. He spoke fluently both the Low and High German dialects, and my father spoke it when he was a child. His home town, Cole Camp, Missouri, is so proud of their Low German heritage, they have published two volumes of history books on the families that founded the community.

In observing, and even befriending, some of the people of this faith, I have found a commonality with my own family. In its purist form, it reminds me of my own family's strong values of family, community, service, work ethic, and faith.
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"Mudder". 24" x 36" Watercolor on Watercolor Paper.

This is a portrait of an Amish boy with his mother. "Mudder" is Low German for "Mother", and Low German is the dialect that these people speak.

My inspiration has come from several areas. First, I grew up in a part of Missouri that was heavily populated by Amish and Mennonite families, and I now live in an area in Kansas that is also populated by these families. I was also inspired by the cultural links these people share with my own family.

Although my family was not of Anabaptist (they were originally Lutheran), I have discoverd that it does share some similar European roots. My paternal grandfather's family came over from the Hamburg area of Northern Germany where Low German was the common language, and where a branch of the Amish/Mennonite families also originate. His family retained a great deal of the cultural traditions and work ethics, including the language, through his generation. He spoke fluently both the Low and High German dialects, and my father spoke it when he was a child. His home town, Cole Camp, Missouri, is so proud of their Low German heritage, they have published two volumes of history books on the families that founded the community.

In observing, and even befriending, some of the people of this faith, I have found a commonality with my own family. In its purist form, it reminds me of my own family's strong values of family, community, service, work ethic, and faith.