I’ve discovered another creative outlet that I’m thoroughly enjoying: AI art.
These are images I “created” via an AI-generated creator program such as Playground and Creator/Designer with Microsoft Bing.
The images below are all inspired by personal memories or stories I’ve heard from my grandparents.
PERSONAL HISTORY
An Irish mother with her child on a ship bound for America (19th century)
This image was inspired by one of my Irish ancestors – Annie McNanny who immigrated as a young girl with her family from Ireland during the Great Potato Famine. When she grew up, she married a Civil War veteran, James Hart who would be my grandmother’s (Geraldine Anna Mae Hart) grandfather.
French loggers in 19th-century Adirondacks
My grandmother, Geraldine Ann Mae Hart, married a Frenchman, Napoleon Furnia who was a logger (served in WWII as a combat engineer). Both the French and Irish were many up in the Adirondack region where I grew up. I’ve learned that these two groups did not get along with each other very well.
A small town skating rink (mid-1950s)
One of my fondest memories growing up in the Adirondacks. In a nearby town, they would take an outdoor tennis court and turn it into an ice skating rink. My grandpa Furnia and an Uncle would take me here to skate when I was a little girl.
Ready for the show (early 20th century)
Inspired by my love for horses. When I was ages twelve and thirteen, I spent these two years learning to ride Equestrian as well as compete in horse shows.
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More to come soon!
a writer and her prodigal muse 