Glad you are initiating this blog, Lil. Your questions are provocative.
Taking one's hands off a finished painting that is hanging in someone else's home. My favorite sitution is when a friend has bought a painting and I can visit it from time to time. (Like a grandparent visiting a grandchild, except grandparents still have influence!)
Having a mural auctioned off....must be like knowing that one's child has moved away, possibly offshore or to a foreign land. That child has a life of its own. However, with a painting, the painting can't phone or skype with updates and dialogue.
One can hope that you will be able, once the matter is settled, contact the new owner and arrange for a visit so the new owner can take a picture of you standing next to it. Who knows what good can come from that. Maybe another mural commission? Maybe you could "live-in" as a resident artist in a wonderful location. (Ah, isn't that the dream of us all....an idyllic scene, a place to sit and meditate upon the scene one is to paint, and hope someone will bring a fresh brewed coffee or creme brullee for the painting "break."
Taking one's hands off a finished painting that is hanging in someone else's home. My favorite sitution is when a friend has bought a painting and I can visit it from time to time. (Like a grandparent visiting a grandchild, except grandparents still have influence!)
Having a mural auctioned off....must be like knowing that one's child has moved away, possibly offshore or to a foreign land. That child has a life of its own. However, with a painting, the painting can't phone or skype with updates and dialogue.
One can hope that you will be able, once the matter is settled, contact the new owner and arrange for a visit so the new owner can take a picture of you standing next to it. Who knows what good can come from that. Maybe another mural commission? Maybe you could "live-in" as a resident artist in a wonderful location. (Ah, isn't that the dream of us all....an idyllic scene, a place to sit and meditate upon the scene one is to paint, and hope someone will bring a fresh brewed coffee or creme brullee for the painting "break."
Good luck, Lil,
Nyla