To Fred from Elaine Thompson - Big Duck Easter Bonnet

Elaine Faith Thompson received an award for her Easter bonnet that she made, and entered in the spring bonnet contest in Sayville’s Springfest. She is known for ALWAYS wearing a hat, mainly for the following reasons: hats protect from the sun’s harmful UV rays that cause skin cancer, they keep you 15 degrees cooler in the summer and keep your entire body warmer in the winter, hats prevent wrinkles because the sun dries your skin out, hats keep harmful rays out of the eyes and help with driving at sundown and sunrise when the sun visor is not enough to block the sun’s blinding light - preventing accidents, and most importantly, hats are very fashionable when completing your ensemble. Being a natural redhead, Thompson says “ The SMART thing to do, is to always wear a hat especially to protect from skin cancer.”

Thompson’s bonnet has two sides to it. The back has a colorful print of her well known Flanders “Big Duck” painting, which she painted in the VanGogh style. Momma ducks and baby ducklings are seen waddling around the brim of the hat. In the center is a birds’ nest with unhatched eggs. Growing out of the top are an abundance of Spring flowers. On the front of the bonnet is a print of Thompson’s painting of “Downtown Sayville” showing Starbucks (which has since been replaced by Sayville Bean Coffee House) and other shops are shown with coffee lovers seated at tables. That painting is also painted in the VanGogh’s style, resembling the “Cafe Terrace”.

For information on prints of the paintings, call 516-380-7715 or etcreation@optonline.net, www.thompsonart.us