The power of nostalgia

Number 56

Maison De Haute Couleur 

Charvin, Paris Watercolour and

black marker on Fabriano paper

5 x 8 inches

Barbara Muir © 2017

(This is half of a semi-detached house.

I kept part of the sketch open so I could

show you the robin that nested on

the post between our houses one year.

A lot has changed since the reference

picture was taken.)

The painting I’m showing you tonight is of our house before
the beautiful changes that happened a couple of years ago
when we got new windows for the front of the house, had the
house painted white, and got red shutters installed. What a
transformation! Our friend, the architect John Hinrichs 
designed the new look.

The rose bush, which looks like a twig in this painting, now
stretches over the entire front porch in a screen of leaves, and will
soon be covered in beautiful red roses. 

StillI love this painting of the before.

Have a loving your life day.