{"id":8265,"date":"2019-02-03T21:23:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T02:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8265"},"modified":"2019-02-03T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T02:23:14","slug":"turpentine-diaries-2-3-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/turpentine-diaries-2-3-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 2\/3\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finished these three paintings today. Yeah, that’s a lot for me. But all of them have been ‘almost’ done for some time. Paintings can represent problems to solve and after I solve them, if that doesn’t finish the painting, I set the painting aside. Either the solution didn’t solve the painting, or other paintings present more interesting problems, puzzles if you prefer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m most pleased with the middle painting; simple colors; nothing too fancy. It’s the second painting of the same subject. I was ill several years ago with a staph infection and during convalescence, I required nurses to visit my home. Mrs. Keeley, the painting’s subject, was one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finished these three paintings today. Yeah, that’s a lot for me. But all of them have been ‘almost’ done for some time. Paintings can represent problems to solve and after I solve them, if that doesn’t finish the painting, I set the painting aside. 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