After a little over a month in rehab healing from her broken hip, my very determined mother moved back into her home with the help of full time aides. She continued to receive physical therapy and to reclaim her independence. After a few weeks back home she asked me to bring Dazz, her dog, back home to her which took us from 4 to 3 dogs at our house. Mom has continued to improve and is now doing outpatient PT at the main building of her retirement community. She still has overnight aides but has reduced her daytime hours from 11AM to 7PM. She's back to inviting friends over for lunch, grocery shopping and bridge. As long as she has her walker and an aide to bend and reach for her, there seems to be no stopping her. Needless to say, it's taken a lot of patience and determination on her part and coordinating between her, me and the agency to bring it all about.
I know there's a way to segue from the above into blogging about me painting ... um ... it takes patience, determination and coordination???? All true.
After all the detail of my Gate 21 painting I needed to turn to something colorful and expansive. Sunsets were craving to come out of my brush.
Harbor Sunset 11 x 14 $225
I was still drawn to the beauty that is Charleston SC but didn't want to start another gate or building. So, of course, I chose a whole BUNCH of buildings reflected in sunset. I was determined to paint looser. I remembered to take pictures as I worked.
Charleston Sunset 11 x 14 $225
By the way, my painting does NOT have black on the sides. I attempted new things on this painting and was pleased with the way it turned out. However, it was time to move on from cities and sunsets to something else.
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