#paintception

George-Daniel de Monfreid - Conversation dans l'atelier à Corneilla-de-Conflent

Frank Waller - Interior View of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when in Fourteenth Street, 1881

earlier this year in january, i posted a #FB story about how a mom named cindi decker was coined the “internet mom” on reddit because of an #egret bird she painted. she was essentially the inspiration that started this whole “paintception” craze a while back. u can read about this on bbc: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46957496

on few occasions the internet can actually do good to support each other. my coverage about the mrs. decker’s paintception phenomena went viral on FB. the story was shared over 250K times (as of few days ago). several artists from the original chain had reached out. the moment that really uplifted me was when the ORIGINAL egret mom, mrs. decker herself connected with me. she appreciated the fact that ive made this story went viral on FB. we communicated on couple occasions online and realized that we both lived in #florida.

other FB users have also inquired about these paintings and artists. as a supporter of local, aspiring, and/or young talents. i just wanted to make sure they can be reached by potential buyers.

one of these inquirers was jeremy who lives in boston. he was a recent graduate who came across my post. he wanted to surprise his girlfriend with one of the pieces from this story, and asked me if i knew any of the artists...he mentioned that my FB post was something that they talked about and he thought it would be super cool to own one of the artworks from this story. i gave him couple #artists info so he can contact them.

couple weeks went by i decided to follow-up with jeremy and see if he’d purchased any of the artwork from the chain. unfortunately the art that he wanted was a bit out of his budget. but he really wanted to surprise his girlfriend with this special gift. i was moved by his intention, so i told jeremy: “i can paint something for you if you like. im not a good painter but i can try to paint you something”

lots of people made visual art based on one woman's painting - i wrote a poem about the lot of them - napowrimo 2019 Day 1

Paintception 

eyes watered viewing painting after painting

after painting

then sketch

then tablet-made masterpiece

a son encouraging his mother as source

strangers humble bragging their brush stroke skills

it moved me

it moves me still

a bevy immortalized

a wedge flying the skies of this web with never ending weave

and me

months later left with the impression to add to

like that giant ball of foil Pee Wee rolled out every Saturday

i just had to

do my part

my art

is the task to create a cygnet with words?

no

this is

stand and offer seat

yield at rush hour

go ahead you only have 3 things and i have 30

this is card with encouraging words in the mail

your order was paid for by the person who just left

this is

you get a car

you get a car

you get a car

this is

giving that which naturally flows

it shows