Wednesday, September 12, 2012

And then I went to Belgium


Prepare yourself for a tragic story.

I spent the month of June in Belgium. (No, this is not the tragedy.)

I spent my days drawing and painting. I took lots of pictures of my drawings and paintings. I visited incredible museums. I took pictures of the incredible artwork there. I ate incredible food. I took pictures of the incredible food. Get the picture? (excuse the pun)

Then I came home. I procrastinated organizing my pictures and inviting my dearest friends to a slide-show event. A month or two past, and still those photos were left untouched. Unseen. And then, my computer was stolen as well as both, yes BOTH, of the hard drives which contained the backups on these lovely pictures.

And yes. Belgium was all but forgotten in the midst of the police reports, insurance adjustors, calls from  the detective and never-ending gathering of information. (Wait, that's all still happening...) UNTIL I acquired a new computer from a new company that I'm working for and now, finally, I have the courage and means to post what few pictures that remain from my month-long Belgian adventure. (Fortunately I'm paranoid -- for good reason, apparently -- about completely deleting my SLR's memory card, which means I have a handful of pictures left.)

So for the next several days I will be posting a few images here and there. (To be honest, I haven't even uploaded all of the pictures to this computer yet...) Today's post is a bit meager, but important none-the-less.

This is the still-life I spent the month painting. It is the unfinished version, but I wanted to post a picture of the painting actually in Belgium simply on principle (those damn thieves may steal my life/computer/hard-drives but they won't steal my spirit). I had just finished glazing the apple and was really loving the brilliant color it achieved. I still love it, and will post the finished version later. For now, glory in one of the only pictures that remains of my stay in Flanders. More to come.


4 comments:

Rachel Jones said...

!! Oh my word that's so tragic and so sad! My heart breaks for you, girl. :( I hope they find those thieves.

tappens said...

What a sad, sad story! You just have to recreate everything in words.... thousands and thousands of words... Love you Les!

Gretta said...

Rob asked me to make this comment for him. "Rob hates still lifes; but, he REALLY loves your apple." I think it means you're really good.

Leslie Duke said...

@Rachel & Tori: Thank you for your sympathy; I feel more validated that it truly is a sad story. But hey, at least now I get a new computer.

@Gretta commenting for Rob: Thanks! However, Rob could have just been hungry for an apple at the time...