Does anyone remember this:

I made it while ago for a cousin who wanted it for one of her rental studios, but decided she didn’t want it. So I hung it over the couch in my living room. It was there for a couple of years. You can see how amazing it looked when the sun hit it here.

Well, the other day I decided I had to hang up all the artwork I’d brought back from the exhibition. I had made a series of paintings on a theme just for the exhibition, and they needed a home, so I took down the random bits and pieces I had hanging, filled holes and put up new nails (with new holes!) to hang my work. I’ll share the work and the new living room look soon.

Meanwhile, I’ve been doing various things around the house now that mom is back with me for the summer. I’ve had my brother staying while he was visiting as well so you can imagine it was pretty tight there for a while. I’d gotten rid of my queen sized bed this winter and was given a single bed for mom, but till she got here I’d been using my bedroom as a studio. Then, when Peter arrived, I had a blow up mattress in the bedroom for me while Peter slept in the living room where I normally sleep.

Anyway… when putting up the artwork in the living room I had to find a new home for the branch. Nowhere to put it in the house so I decided to put it outside. I removed the glass bottles cause, well, they’re glass and if they break it wouldn’t be nice… So I looked around for what I could hang off the branch to make it look interesting.

What I found were a whole lot of old brushes I’ve been holding onto to do something with. Ruined brushes. I have more to add, but here it is for now:

Its in a sort of indented space between two buttresses on the high stone wall in my back ‘yard’. Just wedged in there. I used to have bird cages with succulents in them but I’ve lent them to the art gallery where I had my exhibition for now. When I bring them back I’ll be putting them out the front of the house. Till then I have my brush branch and some plants below it.

Nothing too dramatic. Just kinda cute. Plus I now have somewhere to hang brushes to dry after use! And I’m happy I didn’t have to totally destroy it and throw it away.

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