"Far, far away from home

I have no one to watch the morning with

and to give me a shot in time

before my heart rots away

No one to warm up these cold bones, baby

.....

This winter was bad

and I think I forgot my shadow in some subway car"

From the song "Eiti Leda", by Seru Giran

This very, very sad, strange and beautiful song was sort of the inspiration for this piece. I wish I could have translated it all, but it's really long. Anyway, it's one of my favorites.

I usually don't paint a lot of faces, because I greatly struggle with them, but this time, I decided to take up some courage and go for it. It's not quiet what I expected, but I like it anyways...that's what matters the most, right?. I purposely used a very highly textured surface, mostly because it doesn't allow me to get hung up on every tiny little detail, and also because it's s much fun!. The colors were improvised, I wanted to see how crazy I could get with them, sort of as a contrast with her expression which is lonely,almost sad.

The Lesson

I finished this one last week (finally), I wasn't really sure wether to continue, finish it or just start over. In the end, I decided to finish it and leave it alone. It's more about the concept than the aesthetics, really.

A good number of very close friends have become parents in the last few years, and as their children grow (my nieces and nephews), my friends, along with their children (and even me, as a friend), keep discovering new and exiting secrets, experiences and truths about the world. That is what I was trying to represent: the things we teach our children , what they can teach us and more importantly, what we can learn together.

On another news, Gala had knee last Thursday, so now the house looks and feels like a veterinary hospital. She needs to be quiet, no exercise, no stairs, no walking, no running... for ten weeks. Right, how do I explain that to her???. So far, we've been able to keep her quiet, but as she starts to feel better, we'll have to get more creative...Oh!, another pet-related good news: Kohda's sibling was adopted, too, so now all three of them have homes and are off the streets!.

Orchid No. 2