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| "On the Rocks - Valparaiso, Chile" (ACEO) 2.5" x 3.5" Acrylic on Acrylic Paper |
Not For Sale
So I'm not sure if I can quite suck it up and do an honest portrayal of the poverty in Valparaiso, though I wish I could. I just don't think I'm quite good enough to get the message across yet. Perhaps I shall try later in the month or some other time in my life, but for now I searched for beauty amidst all the wreckage I saw, and I found this beautiful little sunlit cliff, all rocky and jagged and covered with trees and brush. It was quite tranquil and gorgeous really, and so I decided that it would be my little refuge from the rest of what I saw there. I'm sure there are some quite beautiful places in Valparaiso if you know where to look, and perhaps I had only ventured through the poorest part of town, but I did find this and a few other natural beauties that I will probably attempt to paint later this month as I continue to embark upon this challenge of daily painting, or as close to daily as I can get. =)
I do hope that you are having a good one today, that you are able to truly see each and every thing that you have to be grateful for (as I myself am working on!), and I hope to talk to you soon! God bless!
I read you comments on the poverty,I did a pen and wash as my first submission to VPO, and I am really not sure about sending it! We do have so bloody much it's frightening...that's it. Henry Evans.
ReplyDeleteOh Henry, you should definitely send your submission in! I went back to the blog hoping to see your work and noticed you hadn't submitted it yet, but I would love to see it! I still am debating what to do for this last painting, and I really think the honest look at Valparaiso is going to have to win out - part of me thinks that it really must be represented after avoiding it by my having only painted the landscapes there. So if I can get up the courage in the next two weeks I'll be working on that too. Can't wait to hopefully see your work on this month's challenge though (and what a challenge it was, too!).
DeleteI have to say, I was struck, too, by the obvious poverty. And then on top of that graffiti everywhere to make it visually worse. Yet the longer I looked, I noticed something else. That in spite of it, the people would paint their little mish-mash houses bright colors. And would put out little pots of plants, would plant flowers. I saw this over and over. It was like nothing could quench their hunger for beauty, to try to improve or do the best they could. I was touched by Chile, and you are right... it makes one grateful. We have so much, and too often take it for granted!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter!