The Berkeley Springs Gothic...

05/13/2009

If you look to the left of the screen you will see the original Berkeley Springs Gothic.  Very obviously this is a knock-off of Grant Hill’s “American Gothic.” Google it.

The Nancy and I live on a farm, aka The Farm.  We got the idea to make our own version of “American Gothic” in 2006.  We took the photo ourselves using a delayed shutter mechanism on our digital camera, and we had fun doing it.

The Nancy is one of the most beautiful women I have ever known.  Our Berkeley Springs Gothic does not do her any justice.  Trust me, she is very cute.  She did this for me, and I love her for it.

Several years ago I had a picture of The Nancy done by Andrew Yevish.  I first saw his work at a kiosk at a mall in Plymouth Meeting, PA about five years ago.  He is good.  About eight weeks ago I came across his card in a box on my desk that has about 500 business cards in it.  Almost immediately I saw “American Gothic” become “The Berkeley Spring Gothic.” Andrew said he could do it and this is the result:

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I was more than thrilled to see the finished product when I picked it up from Andrew this past Monday.  It now hangs in our family room.  I see both of us in the picture, while The Nancy only sees her mother.

And that is all I have to say about that…