Comments for The Searing Family Blog

Comment on Searing Artists by Bill1926

Bill1926 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:16:55 +0000

I have had a Sonia Searing painting since 1997 which is the year she died at age 97. She was born in Sweden, lived in Garden City NY and in 1960 moved to Bradenton Fl where she remained for the rest of her life. The painting that I have is an abstract of a card table with a couple of hands holding the cards. It is called Sun and Fun. It was previously displayed at the Cornell Museum at Rollins College according to info written on the back of the canvas. This painting gets alot of attention and is still relevant today. It has been hanging over my sofa in Miami for several years.

Comment on Jack Edward Searing by Dan

Dan — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:21:47 +0000

Kelly and conk, I am so sorry to read about John Searing’s death! We all our sorry for your loss, although it sounds like he had a long and happy life and a great family. Jack’s name jumped out at me because of his history and my interest in his story. He definitely was a hero! I took the liberty of posting John’s obit and a reference to Jack on the My Name is Searing Group on Facebook. We have lots interested in Searing history! As I stated, all the info is from the web, and there is not intent to publish private family info…thanks again for both your comments….Dan

Comment on Searing Artists by Phillip Griffith

Phillip Griffith — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:00:43 +0000

I have recently purchased a painting by SEARING that is on masonite
Subject matter is two figures in the snowy field in front of a wood framed
house;trees are bare of leaves and a body of water in the foreground with icy waters. Light blue colors conveye the cold. 19″Hx25″L Contact:pgdecember29@yahoo.com
Would love to know more about this artist/painting

Comment on Searing Artists by MCarolyn

MCarolyn — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:09:14 +0000

Hi, I am wandering around the net looking for the Searing artist of my cityscape and found your blog. Mine is of Paris I think, with view of Notre Dame in background and the Jardin de blah blah (can’t remember name) in foreground. Very 60s. I love it. Maybe starving artist purchase originally. Came from estate of elderly couple who traveled so perhaps purchased while abroad.

Comment on Jack Edward Searing by conk

conk — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:50:08 +0000

Jack was my brother-in-law. His death was such a tradgedy to me. I still remember it so vividly the day I came home from school and my mom and sister were sitting at the kitchen table crying. I knew what happened without them having to say a word. Jack was flying a mission at 10:30 p.m. when a monsoon storm came up and forced two of the choppers down safely. But Jacks chopper was inverted and drove into the ground killing all aboard. Jack volunteered to fly the co-pilots seat for a pilot who wanted to go to church that evening. He is my hero and think of him often.

Comment on Jack Edward Searing by Dan

Dan — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:05:47 +0000

Hi Kelly, ..I just saw your comment that you left a month ago…I apologize for not responding sooner. I am so thrilled you contacted the blog and that you shared your family info. Jack was one of the first references I ran into when I started searching for the name Searing on the ‘net, and I am so pleased to ‘meet’ his sister. I will also leave a followup on the blog, and would be happy to share email addresses too. For some reason the blog didn’t notify me about your comment or I missed it. ….Dan

Comment on Jack Edward Searing by kellysiering

kellysiering — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:43:27 +0000

I am jack’s sister. And yes he was a pilot in viet nam, killed oct 17, 1971. Some of my family still lives in rock falls area. The mark that you mentioned is my cousin. I moved to north carolina 18 years ago and my father mother and brother have since joined me. There are family members in south dakota and virginia too. Jack’s daughter is in virginia, in fact. I did some family tree research and found out grandpa emil changed the siering to searing in the 1920′s. Nobody knows why. When i got divorced instead of going back to searing, i chose siering. Grandpa came from tilsit, germany but i have not found how we link to anyone in germany. I am new to your blog, so maybe i will find if you have a tree documented somewhere.

Comment on Searing Artists – Musicians by Dan

Dan — Sun, 01 May 2011 02:58:35 +0000

Thanks so much for the comment. As you can see from the blog there are several Searing artists.

If you can send me a picture of the signature I might be able to help, although it turns out that several Searing signatures are a lot alike.

Also, if you have any information on where you obtained your Searing picture that might help also. I just learned that a great uncle of mine actually did market his paintings….I had supposed his output was limited to family.

I did send you a longer email, but don’t know if you got it?

Comment on Searing Artists – Musicians by benji18wright

benji18wright — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:59:14 +0000

Looking for an answer.
I have a framed, oil painting on board signed SEARING. It is of a stream and trees (country setting). It measures (just the painting) 6.5″ x 4.5″.
Can anybody tell me something about it?
Thank You
Ben Aumenta
bpa18@verizon.net

Comment on Geneabloggers by tmacentee

tmacentee — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:19:03 +0000

Thanks for the shoutout to GeneaBloggers! And also thank you for encouraging others to start their own genealogy blog – it is easy to set up, fun to post to, and a great way to meet other family members as well as genealogists!