Raving Reviews?

Anyone in the art business knows they must face reviews - from teachers, newspapers, clients, etc. But the reviews start at home, and they are sometimes the most difficult to deal with. At least for me. I had finished a painting of some flowers, and my husband asked me, "why do you paint so much of the pot?" "Because I like the pot, and this is how the whole thing looks to me", I answered. I admit, that I do love to buy pots for plants and flowers. Shortly thereafter, he saw me taking pictures of the pot outside our front door. As he started down the driveway with his bike he called, "try not to get too much of the pot!" "I like this pot. That's why I bought it!" He smiled and waved as he rode into the sunset. (It was convenient that the sun happened to be setting at the time so I could say this.) We made a game of it. This painting is "A Little of Both" When I painted the white geraniums on our terrace, he said, "The thing that saves this painting is that there are two pots". I can't figure out why. "Two In One" *

As we walked into a concert hall one night, we saw a huge bouquet of flowers on stage. My husband said that THAT was what he was talking about. "And I don't have my camera" I said, properly sorrowful. "You have a pen, a program, and you're an artist. Where's the problem?" So while he took notes to review the concert, I sketched the flower arrangement and made notes.

"On Stage"

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When we went to the New Years Eve concert, I thought the bouquet was striking with silver, black and white.

"On Stage Too"

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This arrangement is adapted from a package of seeds. My husband really liked this one.

"What Seeds Do"

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In this painting, the flowers and pot are part of a scene. There were no comments about the relation of pot and flowers for this one.

"The Dresser"To be funny, I painted our little cactus, with hardly any of the pot showing. He loved it. "Got the Point?" I see his point, but the game's not over. I'm determined to paint a picture of some of my favorite pots without flowers. Maybe someone will like it.