KEEPING A PROMISE

Quite some time ago, I made a promise to my dear photographer friend. I said I would one day paint a picture using one of the photographs he has taken and sent to me. Truthfully, I kept delaying it, because I was afraid. I feared I would be unable to do justice to any of his photos. He is a wizard with his camera, and that caused further nervousness on my part. Heck, if his photos were ugly, any painting I did from one would not look too bad in comparison.

And so, I painted this, that, and the other from other photographs. Always intending to keep my promise to him...sooner or later. More later than sooner.

Well, the promise has been kept. I chose one of his iris photographs to work from. I opted to use pastel paints instead of watercolors. There was some artistic license I exercised, as is my right! But, I hope he is pleased with the result.

I must be going through my flower phase. The last bunch of paintings I have done have all had flowers in them.

And I breathe a huge sigh of relief knowing I honored my promise.

"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." ~Iris Murdoch