Monday, May 11, 2015

Commissioned?

Nancy redid the bathrooms and they came out quite nice. But bare, as the old decor was removed and not reusable due to color and style. She suggested that I paint a picture for over the toilet, where a painting had hung before.

So I sized up the space and picked out a photo of a tiny street square in Monterosso al Mare that I like so much. Right colors sort of, right orientation, and a simply interesting design.

Set about with my acrylics and the photo taped to a wall outside and did up a reasonable facsimile. At least it captured the shapes, colors and composition reasonably well.

Hung it on the wall and everyone seems to like it. Though I know all the faults (and there are some glaring ones), it just works and works well and is intriguing enough to hold interest. Not the actual colors of the bathroom, but a set of complementary tones that works well with the decor. Now just waiting for a frame I ordered to finish it off and hang it properly.

I actually dislike copying anything! This is not normal for me and I can't say that I'm bad at it (much better at that 30 years ago on the rare occasions that I did copy a photo), but it usually does not inspire me. This time seemed to work.

So both Nancy and Lisa kept saying, "I didn't know I could actually commission you to paint something." Not sure that part is going to work out too well for me!

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