{"id":22434,"date":"2014-04-16T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=22434"},"modified":"2014-04-16T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T23:01:53","slug":"gettin-artsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=22434","title":{"rendered":"Gettin&#8217; Artsy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>It&#8217;s been a while since we did an art update around here.\u00a0 Today seemed like a good time to do it.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22074\" alt=\"Make Your Own Art\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7371-1024x951.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7371-1024x951.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_7371-347x323.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">A few weeks ago, I showed you an abstract painting that I did using <a title=\"How To Create Your Own Modern Art\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2014\/02\/04\/how-to-create-your-own-modern-art\/\">this method<\/a>, and I showed you where it was going to go.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22435\" alt=\"abstract art\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7473-1024x750.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7473-1024x750.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7473-430x315.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Thanks to Mr. Right&#8217;s help, it is now hanging in its permanent spot.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22436\" alt=\"abstract art\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7478-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7478-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7478-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">It definitely brightens up the great room and adds a colorful impact with its bright colors.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22437\" alt=\"Ashley Woods\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I have a pen and ink drawing of our last house, a watercolor of our first house, but I didn&#8217;t have any art work depicting the house in between.\u00a0 When we moved to Lexington, we built a brick cape cod house on a ten-acre piece of land.\u00a0 The house was large ( 7,000 square feet).\u00a0 At the time I had a full-time job, Mr. Right was traveling a lot with his job, and our children were in a private school miles away.\u00a0 We <del>wasted<\/del> spent many hours doing yard work that we knew would have to be done again in just a few days.\u00a0 When our son was a senior in high school, we sold it and moved to a smaller house with a small lot in the suburbs.\u00a0 Jordan and our son Cory gave me a painting of the house for my birthday.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22438\" alt=\"hall gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7493-687x1024.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7493-687x1024.jpg 687w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7493-216x323.jpg 216w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7493.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I added it to our gallery wall in the hallway.\u00a0 I am not going to frame it because the artist wrapped the paint around the edges in a really cool way.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22439\" alt=\"our houses\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7496-1024x777.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7496-1024x777.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7496-425x323.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I love it, and it fits right in with the other two houses.\u00a0 The one on the right is the drawing of the house in the suburbs.\u00a0 We lived there until three years ago when we down-sized to this townhouse.\u00a0 The brick house on the top is the first house we built.\u00a0 It was a charming Dutch colonial, and we brought baby Jordan home from the hospital to that house.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22440\" alt=\"impressionist painting\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7492-1024x708.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7492-1024x708.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_7492-430x297.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I probably should be shot for showing you this one, but I&#8217;m puttin&#8217; it out there.\u00a0 One day in art class we painted a still life of some potted hydrangeas.\u00a0 I did a very impressionistic version on a 16 x 20 inch canvas.\u00a0 This is hanging in our <a title=\"Our New Sun Room\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2011\/06\/07\/our-new-sun-room\/\">sunroom<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-22441\" alt=\"Stone building in France\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSCF3729_2-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSCF3729_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSCF3729_2-430x323.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSCF3729_2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">And finally, I took this photo on a bicycling <a title=\"Bicycling in France\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/09\/20\/bicycling-in-france-2\/\">trip in France<\/a> in 2012.\u00a0 I am now painting it in oils.\u00a0 I have added a punch of color by making the door a aged greenish blue.\u00a0 I love this photo because of the textures, perspective and colors.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be sure to show it to you when I am finished.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take 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