Description
Portrait of Susan Mackenzie Andersen as a young girl, One of A kind Mug decorated by Brenda,
This is a one-of-a-kind mug that is part of a series of seven mugs that Brenda decorated. The mugs are delicately cast. The lip diameter is 2 inches. The body is 3.5 inches tall and wide.
Out of this series of mugs, one mug is a portrait of a real person, me. I call this mug Blue Sweet Sue, because my first name is Susan, and because one side of the mug is blue and the other is sweet. I frequently sat alongside my mother when she decorated.
Speculatively, this series was designed on commission, corresponding with the making of the movie Carousel, filmed in Boothbay Harbor. During that time, various actors and others associated with the filming stopped by The Andersen gallery to have their portraits painted by my mother on the ceramic forms usually designed by my Dad
However, this mug does not reflect my father’s design style. I believe that this mug was created as a commission, and the person commissioning the work dictated the design of the form.