2026-03-21 17:52 UTC
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I fell in love with this painting of a woman today at an antique centre/junk shop. I can't quite explain why, as is often the case when art speaks to you. Our house is cluttered, piles of books, cupboards full of paintings (I really don't need more art) and the frame was awful, really inappropriate for the painting, so I left. But I couldn't stop thinking about her. 'Cassandra'.
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@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot 2026-03-21 17:52
2/ Four hours later on the way home, spur of the moment, I asked Luke (ex husband number one) to go back so we could get her. And we did. At home my daughter insisted I look to see if it would be easy to reframe and as we removed the backing we discovered a second portrait in oil pastels. Perhaps disliked by the artist, perhaps unfinished, then used to back a more favoured endeavour. Personally, I love it.
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@FrancescaJ@mastodon.nz 2026-03-21 23:04
@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot I’m so glad you went back for it! I remember admiring a painting every time I walked past a 2nd hand shop for a few weeks and then one day it was gone. I learnt the hard way & still regret it!