This is a portrait of my friend Marie, which I did back in April. Thank heavens I photographed it at this stage, where I ought to have left it because I later went on to – alas – ruin it entirely.
Portait of Marie Abanga

My Life is Art, My Art is Life
This is a portrait of my friend Marie, which I did back in April. Thank heavens I photographed it at this stage, where I ought to have left it because I later went on to – alas – ruin it entirely.
Beautiful!!!
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Thank you! I appreciate your taking the time to comment.
Phoebe
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You’re welcome! Have a great weekend. 😊
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Hey, Nat, i went to your amazing photography blog and when it said, esp at your photo of your children some years ago, “please rate this”, i did not see any buttons to do so…would have given you high marks if there was someplace to do it. Or am I simply blind ? I have missed such things before….
My best to you,
Phoebe
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Thanks for this info. Sometimes the rating systems gets a little wacky. I’ll go check it out. Thanks for taking the time to visit.
Stay connected!
Nat
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Oh Phoebe, even at this stage am already so pretty. Thank you so much. . To be real,, the one you did for me while hospitalised is the best lol
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Aha! Well, all I have of that one is the photo you sent but I may post that one next! Thanks!!!!
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Oh wow! That is beautiful! I hear you on “ruining” something, which generally doesn’t happen in writing or music composition since you can “take back” what you have done.You can definitely wreck a recipe or a knitting project, though. You can irreparably botch a performance. It is interesting that the possibility of “wrecking” a work of art depends on how the art work plays out in the passage of time. I love the painting.
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Thanks Julie, I love it to and I wonder why Phoebe thinks she ruined anything lol
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Dear Marie and Julie,
Oh this version was not wrecked at all…which is why I was so glad I « saved » it by photographing it. Alas’ gouache is not forgiving or erasable and when I tried to « smoothe » it I completely wrecked the original… BUT I am so happy I still have a photo to make prints from!
Love
Phoebe
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