The first two are going to my 6 and 4 year old nephews. They like colors and funky designs, so I thought it was appropriate. The next few are for my own benefit; the one with the weird lines and circles was my first painting attempt since the 4th grade, so I've learned that until my right brain gets a little more exercise, I need to sketch it out rather than freehand whatever I feel like. The word by the tree is "Sperare" which means "To hope" in Italian; that's a personal favorite for me and perhaps the one I've spent the most time on. The final one is for my mother, and it translates from Italian to "Find Happiness. I love you." It's one of her Christmas gifts. I hope she likes it.
Speaking of Italian, I applied for my passport today and shipped off a package to Rome. I'm so immensely excited to have the passport in my hands I have to remind myself to put it in a safe place. I told E I was going to carry it on my person at all times, until he not-so-gently reminded me that it might not be the safest there, as I tend to become the drowned water rat from crashes of roadwater rage. Thanks. Big Italian bubble-burster. So it's going to be tucked away and I'll continue to remind myself that just because I can now hop around the globe, I'm poor and don't have the right funds to do so just yet. Either way, it's still very exciting to me because it makes next September all that more real.
In more news, by a fluke chance I ended up buying two tickets to the Nashville Ballet for this Saturday afternoon to see the Nutcracker. I'm not a very Christmas-spirit kind of person, but the Nutcracker--wow. I was obsessed as a little girl and it was the whole reason I looked forward to Christmas at all. It was my favorite thing ever as a kid; my mom and I used to watch the VHS tape of the ballet for hours upon hours. I remember being very little and my Uncle T gave me a large edition of the Nutcracker story; it was then I began to refer to my new imaginary friend at the Nutcracker. Perhaps the ballet will stir the child's fire in my soul. I'm really excited about it and can't wait to see the newly updated "Nashville version" of Clara's beautiful, colorful dream world. I think I won't be able to help but be inspired.
Happy painting.
LC.
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How fun! Judge and I have been painting a lot recently. These are so bright and cheery. Great painting!
ReplyDeleteLove the paintings. All of my past attempts were always just that . . . attempts.
ReplyDeleteThe Nutcracker has always been my favorite. Any ballet for that matter. It's always been the one thing in my life I wish my mother would have let me do. She's not a wicked witch or anything but with 4 kids to raise, cash flow was never super duper handy. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. I've seen it once . . . with my mom =0)
Random thought:
My Initials used to be LC. What's your middle initial? If it's R, then that is just much to weird.