Today I hope to meet with the chick who commissioned a painting. If all goes according to plan, I’ll help her choose a frame for the finished work and then it will go and live its life in her home.

 

When you do something for someone, it’s generally okay. Let’s say you bring coffee to a friend. Or you help someone move. With few exceptions (like spilling coffee on said friend, or breaking someone’s stuff), those are just things you do and that’s that. But when you are asked to create something of a personal nature for someone, like a painting of a place near and dear to their hearts, well, there’s some pressure. And you want to do a good job.

 

I’ve lived with this commission for quite a while now, and I am finally able to say – out loud – that the work is good. And it is. And I think the chick is going to love it. And so will her family. And like a Charlie Brown tree, all that painting needs is a little love. Well – that and an appropriate frame. Wish me luck.

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