This painting has a great story. It originally was another ptg I did in my ptg class in college. It was birthed out of a very difficult time I was going through emotionally and was dealing with a lot of confusion. The original was very dark, chaotic, and messy. Central to its' theme was a question mark. Again, it sat in storage for many years, hated and un-liked. The great thing about paintings is that you can always paint over them. I gave my son, Aidan, who was really wanting to try his hand at painting, permission to paint over it and use it at will. He did a great ptg of a sword but was ultimately unhappy with it and did not want to display it in his room. I asked him if I could use it because I had a great idea to cover it with an awesome piece of fabric I forgot I had in my sewing/craft/art closet. However, as I was finishing up my "Amor" ptg, pictured below, Olivia really wanted to "help me paint". I told her that she couldn't paint on my painting, but that she could have fun with the old canvas that Aidan and I had "collaborated" on. She thoroughly impressed me with the outcome of her painting!! So much so, that I hung it in my bathroom. What do you think? A future Picasso?
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