A Gift of Paint

Lemons On a Plate
Acrylic on Canvas Panel
7 x 5 in/17.8 12.7 cm
Copyright Byrne Smith 2018

I've been offline for a couple of weeks as one of life's aggravating tasks took precedence, but now back to painting.

Recently I was trying to decide what birthday gift to give a relative. After shopping around for several items I thought would be appropriate, I decided what could be more thoughtful or personal than an original painting?

People in the family know I like to paint, so it wouldn't be as if this came out of nowhere. To be honest, I hesitate to give relatives and friends my paintings because you never can be sure if they really like it, or they're just saying that. I certainly don't want them to feel obligated to like (or hang) any of my work. So I gift paintings very sparingly.

I convinced myself this was still a good idea. But just in case, I decided to make this a small painting that could be displayed (or not) on a small stand.

My gift is today's image, and the relative said they liked it. Here's hoping.