Rooftops, a painting by betsisanders

Title:  Rooftops

Size:  30 x 36 inches

Medium:  Acrylic on Museum 

              Wrapped Canvas

Artist:  betsisanders 2013

(Inspired by a photograph of  the beautiful village of 
Sarlat in the Dordogne Valley, So. France.

Taken by Dr. Tess Cuajunco

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I finally finished this painting today. I started it a year ago and 

just forgot about it.  Never had enough time or patience to work on it.

Painting is like meditation. It keeps me calm. The quiet time 
 gives me the much needed break from my thoughts and 

feelings.  Makes me forget about the people who hurt me, those

who continue to talk, those who paint a dark picture of me,

those who took advantage of my trust, those who do not deserve

 my friendship, those who used friendship for personal gain.

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This was how it looked  in March 2013.
It was "a work in progress" and this was what I wrote ...

What I learned today... 
..... "God is real. Faith works." Devon Franklin 
... and that, We are all a work in progress.

At the end of Super Soul Sunday several weeks ago, they featured the Art of Bonsai. They showed an elderly man trimming the bonsai trees. Some of the trees are hundreds of years old. Have lived longer than the old man. The trees were on exhibit at a museum in Chicago. 

The bonsai trees were compared to each one of us. It took years, hundreds of years, for these trees to become beautiful, and they are still being trimmed, groomed, taken cared of 'til today. They are still a work in progress. Just like you and me, we are work in progress. 

This too is a work in progress ... I hope to finish this painting one day .... hopefully, soon!
Have a blessed Holy Week everyone!
... and a Happy Easter !!!

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/ betsisanders 2013