My 88-year-old Auntie Vi started painting last year.
She, Mz, and I have done a couple "let's all copy the same photograph" paintings.
Here're our takes on a photo of me and Marz dancing in Spain (bailar en España), along the camino to Santiago.
Posted full size, so to see all 3, scroll right > > >
L to R: by me (watercolor), Vi (acrylics), Mz (marker and pencil)
Our differences fascinate me, and I love them all.
I'm always a little surprised by how literal I am; I marvel at Mz's transformation (her trees are the best); and while I only stop painting when the water-logged paper starts to shred, my auntie paints enviably quickly---her slapdash style catches the mood maybe most of all, like something by Buñuel.
She, Mz, and I have done a couple "let's all copy the same photograph" paintings.
Here're our takes on a photo of me and Marz dancing in Spain (bailar en España), along the camino to Santiago.
Posted full size, so to see all 3, scroll right > > >
L to R: by me (watercolor), Vi (acrylics), Mz (marker and pencil)
Our differences fascinate me, and I love them all.
I'm always a little surprised by how literal I am; I marvel at Mz's transformation (her trees are the best); and while I only stop painting when the water-logged paper starts to shred, my auntie paints enviably quickly---her slapdash style catches the mood maybe most of all, like something by Buñuel.
