I have sometimes had a strained relationship with painting flowers. The most absurd memory is from our vacation in “The Village of the Damned” (see Spain).
Clogged with allergies, I had collected up a whole bunch of wild flowers – the culprits, to paint. After a frustrated, angry hour, I petulantly threw down my brushes and pronounced out loud, “I have lost all my talent!”. Yes, I did that, and typing it out still makes me cringe with embarrassment. Mark glanced up from the book he was reading and then resumed without comment. I retreated to the kitchen in shame and made lunch…
I am glad to say my more recent efforts have not been accompanied by diva-ish outbursts.
These are glorious and the videos are priceless. I wish I could get you flowers from my garden!
Today is our 58th wedding anniversary and I have woken up to your beautiful flowers and it’s a lovely morning.
Congratulations Monica! Love from us both.
Really love your flower paintings, delicate, I can almost smell them. If you lived here would persuade you to sell me one
Thank you. I will be exhibiting them soon with other recent work. Mark will send details. Thanks for following!
Hi Mike, love these paintings really beautiful! I’ll try to block out the image of you ‘losing your talent’ when I look at the wonderful painting in my kitchen!!
Ha! One of the things Mark has taught me, besides dialing back on diva, is to live with the pictures before passing judgement. It is something Paul (Ryan) also tried to get through to me over thirty years ago! I frequently end up really liking the ones I was cross about.
Talent vanquishes allergies!
LOL! Thank you