If I could afford it.....I would spend the rest of my life making beautiful things and giving them away.
It was one of those Facebook quizzes; your friend tags you with their list of answers to a group of questions, then you erase their answers, write yours, and tag 25 of your friends. "If I could afford it..." was on the list of questions that I received, and what you just read was my immediate, knee-jerk answer.
Well it's true. And it has been true since my mom helped me, over 50 years ago, to set up my first little easel in the mudroom off the kitchen. I wanted to hang my finished paintings on the fence and to let people take one if they wanted one.
The picture above is a copy of one of my early paintings. Spring of 1956, I think. It's hanging on the fence, just help yourself.
I don't paint with brush and easel as much as I did back then; now I paint with fabrics. I am still working towards simplifying my life in 2009, towards more of my art being something that I can give away for free. The present economy isn't helping a great deal. But that's no reason to stop dreaming.
It was one of those Facebook quizzes; your friend tags you with their list of answers to a group of questions, then you erase their answers, write yours, and tag 25 of your friends. "If I could afford it..." was on the list of questions that I received, and what you just read was my immediate, knee-jerk answer.
Well it's true. And it has been true since my mom helped me, over 50 years ago, to set up my first little easel in the mudroom off the kitchen. I wanted to hang my finished paintings on the fence and to let people take one if they wanted one.
The picture above is a copy of one of my early paintings. Spring of 1956, I think. It's hanging on the fence, just help yourself.
I don't paint with brush and easel as much as I did back then; now I paint with fabrics. I am still working towards simplifying my life in 2009, towards more of my art being something that I can give away for free. The present economy isn't helping a great deal. But that's no reason to stop dreaming.
2 comments:
Dream on, Whalins!!
Beautiful image. Everything I ever made was free to share and I never charged for anything I have created it was in honor of person who inspired me in first place yourself and I have tried to do so anonymously. Be well in your new year. may your all your adventures and dreams come true.
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