Having said this would be a long story I may need to be brief as I am writing this in the country house using a plug in internet thingy and it has a habit of turning off .
But it has been ages since I wrote here and it’s nearly the end of the year and I would like to catch up with myself.
I have been busy painting portraits – and as the biggest one hasn’t been delivered yet and two others are Christmas gifts I will post them in January. I spent three months working on a family portrait of 4 people and it has been a real labour.
So my latest painting is a small 20cmx20cm snowscene from a photo of the snowman I built in my street in February when I was staying in my studio and it snowed unexpectedly and stayed for ten days.
It was going to be part of a series of small paintings I was planning to do for an art market in Marconia on the 8th of December. It would have been the first market I had done this year and I was looking forward to it very much.
I had also bought some small frames with canvases to fit and in between finishing off all the portraits I managed four small landscapes.
And then just over two weeks ago as I was on my way to Pisticci a dog attacked my scooter causing me to fly off and land on my face. So I have been hiding out in the country since then. Luckily I didn’t break anything but I had two black eyes , bruising right down to under my chin and a swollen face for the first week which made me look like a piebald chipmunk. Not a good look. The bruising is fading now but still quite obvious and I have difficulty eating.
However I have enjoyed recuperating in the country.
Yesterday I decided I would paint the little snowscene for fun and I am very pleased with it. I have some plans for more small paintings – all of my street at different times of year. And as I am vain enough to give myself another week in hiding I may get them done soon.
Anne—-Has it snowed yet in Pisticci? We Bernaldesi are quite envious of your snow…but not of your lack of parking. Ha! Stay well!
no snow in Pisticci yet though it is quite cold. do my best to stay well, you too.!