She doesn't sketch much anymore. For years now she's been painting. It started with landscapes, the best of which (in my opinion) used to belong to my grandmother. When Grandma died, Mom sold the painting to the people who bought Grandma's condo, not knowing I wanted it. That still kills me. That painting was absolutely perfect, and it ain't easy to get a landscape perfect. Anyway, after a long stint of not painting at all, she came back to it. In recent years she's been doing decorative painting. For those of you who've seen the watering can by my front door, you probably know it was my mother who painted on the flowers. (That definitely won't fit on my scanner. We REALLY need to buy a camera!)
Anyway, her latest project is pretty different from anything she's done before. It's called Crouching Tiger.
Because my mom lives on the west side, I wasn't able to see this in person. I really wish I could have. This was for her former co-worker's baby's nursery. (Got all that?) Anyway, I think it's pretty cool and apparently I'm not the only one. She brought this into work because she was meeting said lady and baby in the cafeteria for lunch. All mom's co-workers and team leaders, etc saw this and they just went nuts over it. They oooohed and ahhhed and even her artist co-worker thought it was fab. The mother loved it so much she gave my mom a hug (and I guess this lady is not the hugging type). But best of all? Little baby Nathan (just 3 months old) grinned from ear to ear when he saw it.
What better accolades could an artist want?
3 comments:
I greatly admire people who have that gift! I cant draw, sketch or paint if my life depended on it. That picture is awesome!
That's awesome, I love all your art stuff on here. I am greatly lacking in art intelligence, so I am learning a lot.
By the way, I linked your blog to mine, too. :)
That tiger would look awesome in Smith's "Jungle Room." If only I had enough talent to paint something like that for him on the walls.
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