Loving Watercolor as I do. I had mentioned the show coming up in Boston to my youngest brother, during the holidays. He said he wanted to go.
Last Friday, he took me out for the day. All my tests that had been scheduled were done that week.
See the tests had came back as having a few cancerous masses in my lungs. A Pet Scan now must be done to see if it has spread from the lungs into other locations.
Without biopsies they will not be certain of the type. They do suspect the love of my diesel powered, big rigs, is one of the suspects. The exhaust actually. Along with environmental things like handling asbestos.
Oddly not the cigarettes I smoked for 10 years, when I was younger.
We arrived early as traffic was pretty much behaving by our 10 am start out of NH.
We made a pit stop as he had bagels to buy for his wife and a friend. He bought us both a pizza type bagel concoction. I generally don’t eat any bread unless it is sourdough :).
So what did I think about the artwork displayed on the walls of Winslow Homer’s show? I loved it and seeing it with my brother.
It was an interesting walk through his life, led here in New England.
I would have loved to sit beside him as he figured out what scene to paint. As well as which pigment he would use to capture that scene.
They had both oils and watercolors at the show here at MFA.
They even had one of his palettes. Along with two brushes on display, at this showing.
I am not sure how old it was. It had to be from the 1800’s, for sure.
None of what was left for us to see looked worthy of any of his gorgeous paintings.
For me it was good to see. I also keep my pigments on mine, which is messy too, which is normal for any artist.
Sometimes I feel like an impostor. Painting is so far from the trucking life I led.
I have grown to love painting. I am not good at it but it is good for me. :)
We left after a few hours of being at the museum, seeing other art as well while we were there.
Most were Oils. I love the artwork some locals I know do, their work in oil.
They are gorgeous but they will never compare to Watercolor in my opinion. :)
I went away with knowing the sizes I paint, were good enough for the Masters. Which was truly an eye opener. It will allow me to create with abandon. :)
https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/of-light-and-air-winslow-homer-in-watercolor
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Enjoy your moments in life.
Eunice
Folsom Mill Studio/Eunice Miller 
I am sorry that you are facing this health challenge, Eunice. 😞 A bit of a blow, I imagine. I’m hoping for the best for you. 🙏🏼
I’m glad you got to see the MFA exhibit. They have wonderful art. When I lived in the Boston area in the 80s, Saturday mornings were free admission there, so we went often.
I love watercolors as well, the clear colors and layers. I think yours are lovely.
Keep playing, it’s so good for the soul!
Thank you friend I appreciate your words. Yes it came out of no where here I thought I would end up with COPD from smoking way back when.
Good luck and hope things turn out well for you.
Thanks so much.
Life can be scary and ridiculous. But humans are natural fighters who never give up. Sending you warm and healthy wishes.
Bless you. Just waiting for the final test on the 28th is rough but I have had a wonderful life and know I have been blessed.
Oh, no, I’m so sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I hope the doctors can develop a good treatment plan for you. Winslow Homer is one of my favorite painters. I love your watercolor. It depicts our New Hampshire landscape perfectly.
Thanks so much. The pieces of watercolor he did I loved. The oil paintings were ok just not my thing :)
Thank you again at almost 70 not sure what can be done but I am sure if it is a surgeon they will come up with something :)
You’re welcome, Eunice.🙂
Oh my dear friend, such bad news about your lungs. I will be thinking of you and hope the PET scan shows that it hasn’t spread and is benign. Sending you lots of hugs! 🤗😘
The art exhibition was a real tonic for you. Was Winslow Homer a local artist then? And I love that it made you feel good about what you paint too. 😁 Sounds like it was a great day, and spent with your brother too. You should do outings like that more often. Take care. ❣️
Thank you Cathy. Yes Homer was a local and visited and painted all the places I go. Brother brought over a whole stockpot full of chicken soup with pasta days after we spent the day in Boston. So good and I could rest and walk Brady daily and not cook <3
It was good to find that you had been able to get pleasure from art when you had had such gloomy news. I hope that you will get good news and good treatment and we can keep on enjoying your paintings.
Thank you so much. I think it was the plan to get me out and away from my own head :) We have great doctors in our area so we will wait until the pet scan is read on the 28 th to see what I am dealing with. Thanks again.
I will be praying for a complete recovery. It must be so exciting to spend time doing what you love. That was so nice to spend that time with your brother.
Thank you very much. It was nice to spend time with him in the city I love. I love doing so many things, thankfully I still have supplies to do many quiet things. If I garden this year it will mostly be for the pollinators and some greens then again it depends on the pet scan and doctors take on what’s going on.