With the news of the stolen Picassos, I decided it was time to check on the status of two paintings from my ‘Cubist’ period circa 1970s which I had left in the basement in a very prominent location - hoping that somebody just might come along and take them off my hands.
The last time I had checked, both of the abstract tableaux had not budged. On the other hand, the insipid lake and rolling hill upstate New York acryllic landscape I had painted had been scooped up in the first week.
Given the recent turn of events and the upsurge in cubist and abstracts thefts, I ran down to the ‘cave’ immediately after having posted the news about the Picasso family’s loss. I thought if my forlorn paintings still lingered I could posted a picture here for anyone looking for a picture to steal.
So, can you imagine my surprise when after weeks of not even a glimmer of interest - the two paintings were GONE!! Sadly, I have no photographs of these two unique works of art which are probably at the very least worth the hand-stretched canvas on which they were painted with the idealism that only a high school student could manage.
For some reason, trudging back up the cave steps, I felt incredibly elated. Was it possible that this ‘art’ had found a home on someone’s blank wall, rather than remain sentenced to ’storage’?
Each painting needs to find its home. . .or in some cases, find its way back home.
Should all paintings be free and artists paid by the state?
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Gee, at least your youthful artwork was tempting to someone…my own lamentable early efforts at ceramics have been left out in a garage for years and years…and no one has touched the cobwebs surrounding them!
Where do you live, researchgirl?
Hey, if the state wants to pay me, I’m all over it.
(Excuse me while I go check to see if any of my paintings have walked off today…)
Don’t feel too bad. No one thought much about the Mona Lisa either when she was being wheeled around on the street. Location. Location. Put ceramic dish smack dab in the middle of a prominent museum and ‘voila’. Great treasures remain to be discovered.
Jul, I heard that Netherlands has a huge warehouse filled with paintings bought for by the government. This was a number of years ago before the EU was formed - what’s the best European country to live in if you’re an artist - in your opinion?
Mary - although I hail from the east coast, i’ve been marooned here in the desert of southern california for some years now.
I need your address, researchgirl, so I can steal those ceramics no one else wants! Just kidding.
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