THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL FAR….

MY PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS INSPIRED ME AND MY SIBLINGS TO BE CREATIVE AND THEY CERTAINLY PASSED ON THE GENES. 

I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THEM TODAY AND HOW BLESSED I AM ( WE ARE) TO HAVE THEM ALIVE AND WELL INTO THEIR MID EIGHTIES. 

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG MY MUM DABBLED IN OILS AND MY DAD WAS KNOWN TO DO THE OCCASIONAL RUG HOOKING !  MY MUM PLAYS THE PIANO BY EAR AND MY DAD WAS IN AN AWARD WINNING CHOIR AS A BOY IN ENGLAND.   THEY STILL SING IN THEIR CHOIR AT CHURCH.

I ALSO REMEMBER THEM TAKING A FEW ART CLASSES WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN.  I REMEMBER THINKING THAT WAS SO COOL.  SEVERAL YEARS AGO MY PARENTS CAME TO VISIT US HERE IN EDMONTON ( THEY LIVE IN ONTARIO) AND TERRY AND I TOOK THEM TO THE STUDIO WITH US ON A FRIDAY TO PAINT.  (WE USUALLY PAINT AT THE MARIAN CENTRE DOWNTOWN ON FRIDAYS) .  MUM WAS EXCITED TO GIVE IT A GO BUT DAD WAS NERVOUS ABOUT IT PARTLY BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE IS COLOUR BLIND.

BUT THEY SEEMED TO GET INSPIRED THAT DAY AND DURING THE WEEK I GAVE DAD A COUPLE OF WEE LESSONS AND TOLD HIM THAT BEING COLOUR BLIND CAN ACTUALLY BE AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT STUCK IN THE RUT OF ‘THE SKY MUST BE BLUE’ .  IT CAN BE A MATTER OF TONES , LIGHTS , AND DARKS AND HE DID A GREAT JOB! 

NOWADAYS MY DAD PAINTS AT LEAST 2 TIMES A DAY . AND HE LOVES IT !  HE USED TO FRAME ALL OF HIS WORK BUT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF STORAGE SPACE SO NOW HE PUTS HIS ACRYLIC ON CANVAS PAPER PAINTINGS IN PORTFOLIO SLEEVES.  I HAVE ATTACHED A COUPLE OF SAMPLES OF HIS WORK. 

MY MUM IS MORE INTO WORKING ON PUZZLES THESE DAYS BUT SHE IS NOT ONLY A VERY GOOD PAINTER BUT A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHER AS WELL.  SHE HAS A GREAT EYE AND I RECENTLY RECEIVED 2 OF HER PIECES WHICH I IMMEDIATELY FRAMED AND HUNG UP IN MY HOME ….AS SEEN IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS ABOVE.

 EVERY MAY WHEN I FLY HOME THE WHOLE FAMILY ( MY PARENTS, MYSELF, TERRY, ANY SISTERS THAT ARE AROUND, EVEN MY NEICE ) USUALLY HAVE A PAINTING DAY. 

WE ALL GIVE MUCH OF OUR WORK TO CHARITY TOO SO IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR ALL OF US.

I LOVE MY PARENTS SO MUCH.  THEY ARE THE NICEST, MOST GIVING, MOST FUN PEOPLE …AND AS YOU CAN SEE…ALSO VERY TALENTED.