In the photo above is a painting on canvas of about thirty inches by forty inches that hangs on a wall in our living room. The painting (actually the undercoat of a painting in progress) was never completed, and therefore never signed. Despite the rough incomplete nature of the picture, there’s something about it that I like. Perhaps it’s the potential of the painting more than the painting itself that I see. The artist was my mother, who died twenty years ago at age forty-seven.
The painting is very surrealistic but at the same time rustic, reminding me of a van Gogh painting with its vivid earth tone colors. The brush strokes are very similar to his.
I had an immediate emotional connection to this painting. It had to be painted by someone very special. Now I know who that someone special is. We mothers stick together no matter what dimension we're in...that's the connection. It's that female thing again.
Your Mother was a beautiful woman...I can tell by her sensitivity in this painting and by the kind of son she raised.
What a treasure you have, Randy! Thanks so much for sharing. Now I have to go find a box of tissue.
Randy, Thanks so much for sharing this picture of a picture. Even though I did not get the chance to spend much time with your mother, I absolutely knew when you visited us in San Diego, that she was a very special person. She was just a few years older than me, but I remember thinking that I'd like to be just like her....she was so outwardly beautiful, and I was immediately and completely aware of her inner beauty as well. I had no idea she was also an artist! So I appreciate this little peek into another side of her, which leaves me admiring her all the more. AAA
In the photo above is a painting on canvas of about thirty inches by forty inches that hangs on a wall in our living room. The painting (actually the undercoat of a painting in progress) was never completed, and therefore never signed. Despite the rough incomplete nature of the picture, there’s something about it that I like. Perhaps it’s the potential of the painting more than the painting itself that I see. The artist was my mother, who died twenty years ago at age forty-seven.
ReplyDeleteThe painting is very surrealistic but at the same time rustic, reminding me of a van Gogh painting with its vivid earth tone colors. The brush strokes are very similar to his.
ReplyDeleteI had an immediate emotional connection to this painting. It had to be painted by someone very special. Now I know who that someone special is. We mothers stick together no matter what dimension we're in...that's the connection. It's that female thing again.
Your Mother was a beautiful woman...I can tell by her sensitivity in this painting and by the kind of son she raised.
What a treasure you have, Randy! Thanks so much for sharing. Now I have to go find a box of tissue.
Randy, Thanks so much for sharing this picture of a picture. Even though I did not get the chance to spend much time with your mother, I absolutely knew when you visited us in San Diego, that she was a very special person. She was just a few years older than me, but I remember thinking that I'd like to be just like her....she was so outwardly beautiful, and I was immediately and completely aware of her inner beauty as well. I had no idea she was also an artist! So I appreciate this little peek into another side of her, which leaves me admiring her all the more.
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