My brother #2 who lives in Michigan suffered a stroke recently which affected his speech center. He now goes to speech therapy and has the proverbial load of bills that his insurance doesn't cover. So my cousins, his friends, and my other brother (#1) organized a fundraiser for him to help cover the bills. So they went soliciting donations which included a painting from me. The fundraiser is the third week of May which basically gave me a little less than a month to come up with something. I felt bad because I didn't want to give up any of the pieces I was preparing for my show, but I also wanted to take my time and give them something really worthwhile. I take forever to complete paintings and I felt rushed and stressed while painting this one.
In retrospect, I should have picked one of the items that I was saving for the show, but none of them seemed like an appropriate size or theme. I wanted something a little brighter and more cheerful and and the one bright painting I had had already been promised to somebody else. I do not feel confident about this painting but hopefully it'd just me.
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