I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
Spring in Rome getting ready to party
I love it when people send photos of art getting ready to be at family gatherings!
Art has a way of seeping into the unconscious.
I remember going to my Grandmother’s house as a child for holidays and staring at a painting of Venice, Italy on her wall for hours.
Years later, I learned that my mom had made the painting when she was fifteen years old.
A Venice Scene by my mom, Nanci McCune, age 15
My mom had never been to Venice; she still hasn’t. She made the painting based on a very old photograph she found in the basement storage room of her parent’s house. The reference was tarnished, dark and disintegrating. She improvised and guessed the colors of the buildings.
It kind of amazes me to think that my fifteen-year-old mother had no idea how much her painting would inspire her future daughter.
Often times people tell me that they will buy art for their walls after their children go to college. I get the idea of financial priorities. I also know first hand the power of art offering a window into other worlds of possibilities, and I believe children deserve that, everyone does.
Almost Holiday Card Time! for 2021/22
It’s that biannual time of year again, when I cut up scraps of canvas covered in left over paint saved from the previous two years. The paint remnants get made into Holiday Cards for the collectors who adopt my art on canvas.
If you have moved and are a collector, send me your new address! If you have one of my paintings and haven’t received a card, message me too!
If you would like to be on the list, there is still time to become a collector before the holidays!
Brooke Harker
