I am trying to wrap up the canvases that I took on vacation, but didn't complete. The funeral for my uncle was amazing, lots of relatives, lots of love. The burial was the day after the funeral, for close family only. It was a stunningly gorgeous day. There was an old yellow pick-up truck parked next to the cemetery, of which I took lots of photographs for later painting! After the burial, lunch, then we drove through Maugansville, the town in which my uncle (and his 4 siblings) were raised. My dad was the only sibling still in town, and I'm so happy he was there. We stopped in Maugansville to admire the house they grew up in, my Nana and Grandpop's house, so many happy memories of visits in that house. Dave and I actually lived in the house for a few months while our current house was being built. While we were looking and commenting on what's the same and what's changed, the woman who lives in the house came out to inquire...and hearing our story, invited us all in. She gave us a tour, and we gave her lots of history about the house. She was thrilled to know we had so many happy memories of her home, and we were thrilled with her generosity. Before we left she offered a prayer for the deceased, and for all of us. I was in tears. I'm in tears as I write this. It took a few days to get back to painting....
This is a photo I've used before, but I wanted to keep my first try at painting it, as it was one of my first paintings that I really liked. This one is on a larger canvas, not by much, just a little, but it felt much bigger for some reason. It was a canvas that was painted blue with acrylic paint, and I thought it might lend an interesting hue to the orange coffee cup. I had trouble getting the lip of the cup to cooperate color-wise, perhaps the blue underneath caused the trouble? You can see at the top right area of the cup that I tried too many times to change the color, it looks miserable. But overall, looking at the painting, it's all OK. Not great, but OK.
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