Today I finished a painting I have been working on for some months. It is taken from several pictures my daughter-in-love sent me from Izzie's dance class. Finishing a painting is like saying goodbye to an old friend. I have struggled, slaved, loved, and made a friend of the subjects, in this case, people, and the background, making decisions, and making the work a part of my life.
I have already started several nature paintings, I find them more restful than portraits and people! I needed a change!
In a way, I am taking the completion of the 'Dance Class' as when I had to say goodbye to a client two weeks ago. As I have mentioned before, I am a Personal Support Worker, and work in people's homes to help them with their daily personal care. In this case, the man had an injury, and he recovered from that injury; so I was no longer needed for him. It was a good goodbye! Most of the time when I say goodbye to clients, it is because they have to move to a nursing home, the hospital, or when they pass away. At least this time the man got better!
Goodbye's are a part of life, but that doesn't make them any easier. When people we get to know and care about have to leave us; when someone is a part of our daily life, and then they are no longer there, we miss them, and it is hard to get used to not seeing them. Well, now I am waiting for my company to 'replace him' with a new client! I wonder who that will be? I still have six other clients, So there it goes! At least I won't be bored!
Have a Grest Day!
Phoebe
