Yesterday, (Saturday) I went over to Crestmore Park in Denver to work on my artwork and enjoy the day. I have to say, it was a pretty eventful day. Not only was it totally beautiful out, but I found a bunch of chestnuts near where I was sitting. I had a major flashback of being little again.
When my brother and I were younger, my Mom and Dad would take us to visit our Uncle Mike in New Bedford Ma. He was always buying old houses and fixing them up. There was one house that had an amazing park across the street, and we would go over and play on the playground and hang out. I used to find chestnuts there too, and they would always amaze me with how shiny they were. I loved looking at the different designs they had on them. I felt like a little kid again when I found myself collecting them in my shirt at the park and piling them up onto my blanket. It was neat....and it made me start think of new ideas for another picture.
I realize that I am totally setting myself up for a million nut jokes.... so be it!
Part two of the story gets even better. As I was sitting on my blanket coloring the artwork below, two little girls came over to see what I was making. They told me they thought my artwork was really pretty, and admired my pile of chestnuts...must be a little girl thing... I dunno. Moments after the girls had left, two women walked by together and admired my artwork... before I knew it, the entire family was standing over me and offering to buy my art. To make a long story short, I told them I was going to hang onto it for my show in February.... but I would call them as soon as I had print made. I think they were surprised that I wasn't ready to sell yet, but I am really looking forward to my show and seeing what kind of response I get there. I told them they could come and purchase work there, and they were up for it. So I am excited. It's nice to know that people are interested in my artwork. It's so encouraging and makes me happy. I love Colorado....The list of reasons just keeps growing longer... Yay.
I've got a long way to go on this one, but I'm getting there! I love the colors.
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Oh man....Love your nuts. Your nuts are huge. And round. Much smoother than most nuts I've seen. There are WAY too many jokes, it's obscene.
On a less immature note, I am LOVING the woodgrain piece, and it would match beautifully in my family room!!!!!!! I'm so excited that your artwork is getting so much attention, it's so unique and gorgeous, so I'm not at all surprised.
Your nuts brought back memories for me, too! My brother, Joey, and I, at chestnut time, would bring the little red wagon - of the metal variety - and trot off to the big yard next to Walker Grammar School, which we both attended (not gonna say how long ago). I know the yard belonged to someone we must have known; I think it maybe was a classmate of Joey's. Well, there in the middle of the lawn, was the proverbial spreading chestnut tree. It was magnificent. We would spend the afternoon scooping up the nuts and loading the wagon to the brim. As I recall, we placed the chestnuts, which were still in their green outer jackets, in a dark closet in order to ripen them. Isn't it that they split their "cacoons" when they are ready? I don't even remember eating them! But I suppose we roasted them - Oh, yeah, now I remember - we had a big old Glenwood Range, the kind that heated the house, too, with those round iron covers on the hot top. That's where Ma would toast our nuts. (So true, marsh blog --way too many jokes for this one!)
Sorry, Cha! (HeeHee)
Love ya!
Wow! Taking the lines of the living tree. It's beautiful already! I'm coming to your art show -- I mean it! You, your art and Louise -- who could ask for more?
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I used to walk the schoolyard picking upthe chestnuts, and saving them in a bucket at home and smell them and roll them around in my hands admiring their richness. One of my artsy nunsshowed us how to make people with them. The wood grain picture is beautiful, do I see chestnut in there???
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