After finishing three more 5×7″ oranges on easels, they sold within days. The director of the Mural Gallery asked for more, so I set up an assembly line to get the first layer on the panels.
That was sloppy business. I prefer to work with exact, tight, precision, so I moved back into this 8×10″ painting of a typical Three Rivers scene, and got serious about making it as accurate as possible. 
Then I got a call from a man for whom I had done an odd job this summer. He has a deer, which has faded from the sun, and wondered if I could freshen it up. He was able to provide a photo of it when it was new, which will help me get this done right. I said yes, and then we had to figure out how in the world I would charge him for this odd job. He told me what he paid for it initially, we figured out how much he was willing to spend, I told him how many hours that would cover, and then we made a plan. I will paint one side only, keeping track of my hours, and if there is enough time and money left in the budget, I’ll paint the backside. If not, I’ll just paint the backside plain brown, no detail.
The cats aren’t a fan of this guest in their safe room. I expect they will adjust soon.
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I’m very happy with my 5 x 5 California Poppy painting!
There’s something not right about a sentence that reads, “He has a deer, which has faded from the sun.”
So glad you are happy with your little poppy! If you move it around your house, it won’t become invisible to you with familiarity.
Sharon, that does read a bit strange. I could revise it to read “a plastic deer”, “a fake deer”, “a phony-baloney plastic banana deer”. However, since November is my busiest month, “deer” will suffice.
I never thought of moving it around to avoid familiarity. That makes sense!
And shouldn’t that be the “phoney-baloney, plastic banana, good time, rock & roll” deer? ”
Busy is good! Carry on.
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