Memorial Service Today
I went to a memorial service today and they used a painting that I had done of the lady who passed away. I was very humbled by that. She was very special to me, but not the kind of person who would ever want to have her picture taken or a painting done of her. As a favor to me she came and sat for me to do the painting.
I kept the painting for years, but finally gave it to her daughter a few months back. I'm glad that I had already given the painting to the family before she passed away.
Quote: Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. - Washington Irving
posted by Moggy @ 11:55 pm
3 Comments:
What an incredibly special gift. I'm sure that the family truly appreciates having that painting now.
Great painting, Moggy. I think it was quite an honour that they displayed your painting.
They really did seem to like it. It's funny when I do a painting like that I am really attached to it for a while, but then I begin to see little things I would have done differently and it's just better at that point to pass it along to the person or family of the person I painted.
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