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thanateI don't remember if I mentioned that when my grandmother died, I inherited one of the paintings that my grandfather did that had been in their house and later her room in the assisted living facility. (My grandfather did oils of landscapes, often working from slides projected onto the canvas for the initial sketch-- so the picture of the mittens (rock formation in southern CO) that my parents have always had is actually reversed left-to-right from the real world) And the evening when we were at my uncle's house for a family get-together before the funeral, we ended up going through the stack of other paintings he had in the basement and pulling out three more oils, one of which was a sailing ship that my father kept (and I don't think it was done by anyone we know) and two more landscapes-- one I thought my father wanted, and one I claimed myself. And then it turned out that I got both of them. So I have two paintings hung up in my room, which there is only sort of display space for, and one that needs a frame, and is currently sitting on the side table where it really probably shouldn't be, as I think that gets a swath of sunlight most mornings.... Anyway, pictures!
this is the largest one, which as you can see totally doesn't fit in the poor pathetic space I had to hang it in. The paint is not this shiny in real life, either, so the mountain doesn't actually have white streaks on it. I am sort of embarrassed to say that I have no idea where any of these actually are (and can't find my parents to ask them right now, either) but my grandfather really liked deserts, which is why he retired to Alpine, Tx in the first place.
this one is smaller (18x22" rather than 28x34) and so it actually fits in the space I found to put it up with a decent and respectable margin. I don't know where it is, either but it's pretty. And the sky is green!
and rain. I like rain... It's not quite as glorious as the other two (or most of the ones my parents have) but I just rather like it anyway. like I said, it needs a frame, particularly to cover up the unsightly bright pink splotch on the top edge of the canvas, but since I don't have anywhere left to hang it up (did I mention most of the good wall space in this room is taken up by either my bed or the huge set of bookshelves that are full of my parents' books?) this is not particularly urgent.
right. now I have to go and have a Good Day (as required since I'm now having fun for someone else as well, since he gets to be disgustingly busy instead.)
this is the largest one, which as you can see totally doesn't fit in the poor pathetic space I had to hang it in. The paint is not this shiny in real life, either, so the mountain doesn't actually have white streaks on it. I am sort of embarrassed to say that I have no idea where any of these actually are (and can't find my parents to ask them right now, either) but my grandfather really liked deserts, which is why he retired to Alpine, Tx in the first place.
this one is smaller (18x22" rather than 28x34) and so it actually fits in the space I found to put it up with a decent and respectable margin. I don't know where it is, either but it's pretty. And the sky is green!
and rain. I like rain... It's not quite as glorious as the other two (or most of the ones my parents have) but I just rather like it anyway. like I said, it needs a frame, particularly to cover up the unsightly bright pink splotch on the top edge of the canvas, but since I don't have anywhere left to hang it up (did I mention most of the good wall space in this room is taken up by either my bed or the huge set of bookshelves that are full of my parents' books?) this is not particularly urgent.
right. now I have to go and have a Good Day (as required since I'm now having fun for someone else as well, since he gets to be disgustingly busy instead.)