And Then I Did Some Painting….

It being a nice day an’ all, I took myself and my kit into the garden and did a bit of painting. it was the first bit of painting I’ve done for some considerable time and, as I remembered, found it very relaxing.

What with the warm sun, the smell of flowers, bird song and the drone of a high flying single prop plane above, I soon slipped into a semi trance state and the brush became an extension of my inner self and just flowed over the work.

I was very pleased with the final result, in fact so pleased I considered hanging it on the dining room wall. After giving it further thought, I reluctantly decided the dining room wall was quite possibly not the place to hang a black garden gate. Other than as a tremendous conversation starter;

“Hullo.”

“Hullo. Oh, I see you’ve got a garden gate hanging on the wall.”

“Yup.”

“A black one.”

“Yup.”

“Well, that’s, err, that’s.. Whoa, will you just look at the time! Have I been here THAT long? Gotta go! 'By.” Patter patter patter patter patter……

“'By.”

‘Gate’
{33” X 36” - Black gloss on primed wood.}

While painting the gate I did, of course, get paint on my shirt so needed to give it a wash. ‘Look at those stains! And it has to be ready for tomorrow! I’d better get this right first time!’ It didn’t matter how many times I said it, or how irritatingly whiny I made my voice, that woman in the pinkie/reddish T-shirt didn’t materialize to help with that miracle stain dissolving, shifting looking stuff. Oh, and who’s this Steve fellow? What’s happened to Gavin from Autoglass? I’m getting a tad concerned.

Quote; Al Capp.

“Abstract art? A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.”