Another day, another door.
I saw something on FB the other day – it said ‘when a door closes, open it again. That’s how doors work’.
Funny.
Not sure why doors and windows are so interesting to me or anyone… maybe cause they supposedly hold secrets behind them, or oppportunities, or memories, who knows. I’m sure that if I put my mind to it I could write a whole essay on the symbolism of doors and windows. Closed ones. Blank ones.
But for now, they are just gorgeously old crooked and chippy doors and windows in delapidated or abandoned old buildings.
So here is today’s painting. This time I’ve added a cat, ’cause cats are everywhere in Greece.
People now feed them more than they kick them, so although you see tons of cats, few of them are of the scaredy cat variety who run from humans. A lot of them are friendly, some are timid and elusive, but most of them are no longer terrified of humans. And most of them are no longer so skinny.
The main problem is that a lot of people are still against neutering in Greece. They think its ‘unnatural’… they would prefer to see the island over-run by starving and dying cats than to neuter them. And somehow, it seems that to a lot of the older generation of greeks (and I’m sure, plenty of younger redneck types) its much more ‘natural’ to deal with unwanted kittens and puppies by tossing them in the sea, or dumping them in rubbish bins.
Whatever.
Don’t get me started on that.
Better to look at pretty doors.
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junk4joy 
I loved the doors in Greece, and I took plenty of pictures of them! Now, you’re painting them. That elevates them much more! I love the paintings of doors you are doing now that you have the GOOD acrylics! Don’t get me started about the disposal of unwanted animals. Perhaps people are just stingy and don’t want to spend their money taking care of their animals. Or, they’re just plain mean.
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Mmmmm, nice but kinda not the same impact ( for me) of previous pieces. They screamed vibrancy, demanding look at me.
This one although a lovely piece, and I like the cat, latching onto the symbolism, somehow just did not do the same for me as the first couple. Colours seem subdued somewhat, again not quite the whammy u managed in others.
I’m sure u can block me if u wish lol
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Well continue in that vein and I might just block you! LOL ok, sure, the door is a bit too fancy for the stuff I usually like, and I love the cat too, but its ok. I like more wall too.
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