Tuesday, September 28, 2010

day twenty-seven

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it was wonderful to paint to rain tonight... i had norah jones, ray lamontagne, & the wailin' jennys playing. it was beautiful.  ah, i love the rain. it's refreshing, melodic precipitation. in the Bible, rain is often a symbol of testing & hard times, but also one of newness, starting over, providing a new perspective on life... plus, it's naturally life-giving.

i didn't think to paint a rainy day painting (maybe tomorrow). day 27 is from a photo i took in South Africa in one of the townships near Pretoria i believe. we drove through several of really poor communities. we even saw a kid with a gun once. this house was patched together with aluminum siding and pieces of glass for windows... and it was pretty nice compared to other ones we saw.
11x14" acrylic on paper

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