Painting Fever

The week after Koons and before our recent 'ta town trip was a painting extravaganza. How serious am I? Well, I'm ordering new paint and just purchased new paper and glitter.... P painted Every day for a week sometimes twice a day, moving through various techniques and color combinations. By the end of the week he was painting entire stories through movement and very, very vague shapes. Were you to look at his "Family climbs a snowy mountain" you would most definitely Not see a family climbing a mountain. But as he painted it he described what each mark and squiggle was, and darn it if I couldn't follow exactly what he was doing. Oh! Yes! That is a cat, now that you mention it, sir...

(Speaking of sir, that is one of P's favorites lately. When adventuring or pirating he often says, in a deeper, more "manly" voice, "This way sir. Over yonder sir. Just ahead sir. Batten the hatches sir. Water, sir.")

Here's a pic of P's great mountain expedition:



That trip to Colorado Really inspired him (but, no thanks, he doesn't want to move there.) The vibrant blue squiggles are the people. Specifically, Mama, Papa, P, Baby Brother, Grams, Gramps and Danda. Then we all started up the mountain. Papa makes it to the top (the lovely blue blob at the top of the green path on the purple mountain:) Baby Brother makes it all the way up too, he eventually became a streaky blue falling blob because, alas, he fell off the mountain.

This photo shows P's painting of an elephant (left side of the picture, in case it isn't obvious to you :) . I'm ridiculously partial, but I think its the mosts lovely elephant I've ever seen with its chatty line mouth, elongated tail and bulbous ear :)


This painting had a wonderful story behind it about a grumpy whale (the bottom oval with the eye in the middle and the large squiggly body behind. But I'm afraid that my vacation from blogging has resulted in forgotten facts... But I do remember enjoying a very tall tale with this one :)



And then, of course, there were the times that paint was lovely, in and of itself: