#233 & #234 Uncle Gene Geometrics Sept/Oct 2019

Have I mentioned my Uncle Gene?  He was like a second father to me, once removed (a joke for those who knew him, as he could tell you proper naming of genetic relations, and would jump at a chance to correct you and educate you if you referred to someone as a cousin who might actually be a second cousin).  He passed away over the summer...my cousins (more like sisters), Lori and Jenny (his daughters) have recently completed divvying up his household - no small task!  I am the lucky recipient of his roll-top desk, which is awesome, and a drop-leaf table - also awesome, but not as awesome as the desk (which has a bazillion drawers and nooks and crannies and locks and secret compartments....it's going to be my Artist Desk, full of drawing supplies).  I also got a bunch of his drafting tools...hence the name of these two paintings: "Uncle Gene Geometrics".  I traced a bunch of the triangles and circle tools and made two related paintings.  Related....hmmmm, maybe I should add "Once Removed" to the title of the paintings!  I've got one tiny spot left to paint....these were a "use what's left on the palette" and they've taken quite a bit of time since I really haven't had much paint left on the palette recently.  I might go over them again too, some of the paint looks too thin.  A tragic tale: they were sitting on the floor, under my easel, and a painting on the easel above them fell off it's cardboard backboard and hit one of the geometric paintings and actually punctured it!  So, they're unsellable....but I wasn't going to sell them anyway.  I'm going to try and salvage it by putting some linen tape on the back side where the hole is.  I think it should be fine, we'll see.  I've got to wait till it's dry enough before I try and fix it.